Tempest-tossed
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Battered by a storm or storms. poetic
"When the dark storm and the howling blast sweep with their wintry pinions over its troubled bosom, I shall think of the rocking ship and the tempest-tossed sailor, whose home is on the faithless sea."
- 2 Beset by adversity or fraught with dissension. figuratively
"Divorced from Allan Wayne after a tempest-tossed marriage notable for locking each other out and scares over alleged kidnapings^([sic]) of their daughter, she married Arnold Grant in 1962."
Adjective
- 1 pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities wordnet
Example
More examples"When the dark storm and the howling blast sweep with their wintry pinions over its troubled bosom, I shall think of the rocking ship and the tempest-tossed sailor, whose home is on the faithless sea."
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