tempest

tempest is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
2. noun. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
3. noun. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
4. transitive verb. To disturb as by a tempest.
5. intransitive verb. To storm.
6. noun. (literary) a violent wind

   "a tempest swept over the island"

7. noun. a violent commotion or disturbance

   "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"

   "it was only a tempest in a teapot"

   Synonyms: storm

Synonyms

storm

Common word forms

tempests, tempested, tempesting

Words from these letters

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