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Tempestuous
//tɛmˈpɛs.tjʊ.əs//
Synonyms for "tempestuous" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
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43 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θυελλώδης adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Aromanian
1 entries- furtunos adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бурен adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- бушуващ adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Catalan
1 entries- tempestuós adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洶湧 /汹涌 adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Czech
1 entries- bouřlivý adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Dutch
1 entries- stormachtig adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Finnish
2 entries- myrskyisä adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- rajuilmainen adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
French
1 entries- tempétueux adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Galician
1 entries- tempestuoso adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
German
2 entries- stürmisch adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- urig adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Greek
1 entries- θυελλώδης adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Irish
2 entries- anfach adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- anfúil adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Italian
1 entries- tempestoso adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Latin
3 entries- intempestus adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- procellōsus adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- tempestuōsus adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Macedonian
1 entries- бурен adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Maltese
1 entries- tempestuż adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Middle Irish
1 entries- gáethmar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Māori
4 entries- hūkerikeri adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- niwhaniwha adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- tākaha adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- whakarawarawa adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Occitan
2 entries- tempestos adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- tempestuos adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Portuguese
1 entries- tempestuoso adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Romanian
2 entries- furtunos adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- tempestuos adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- stoirmeil adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bȗran adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- бу̑ран adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Spanish
3 entries- borrascoso adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- proceloso adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- tempestuoso adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Swedish
1 entries- stormig adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Tagalog
1 entries- masigwá adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Ukrainian
2 entries- буре́мний adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
- бурхли́вий adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
But for all the surrounding bucolic beauty, farmers and smallholders in northern Lazio, as in much of rural Italy, are becoming alarmed at the increasingly fickle weather with erratic rainfall, spring frost, tempestuous wind and summer drought.
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I wyl aduertise you that this Boke is named the Shyp of foles of the worlde: For this worlde is nought els but a tempestous se in the whiche we dayly wander and are caste in dyuers tribulacions paynes and aduersitees: some by ignoraunce and some by wilfulnes: wherfore such doers ar worthy to be called foles.
Source: wiktionary
[A] turbulent and tempeſtuous ſtorme aroſe, that encloſed them on everie ſide, ſo that laying aſide all hope, they vvere in utter deſpaire of their life, ſecuritie, or any helpe at all.
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