tempest
A storm, especially one with severe windsA storm, especially one with severe winds.
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» It's a tempest in a teapot.
Das ist ein Sturm im Wasserglas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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3 sensesA storm, especially one with severe winds.
Sturm
бу́ряbúrja
бу́ряbúrja
Any violent tumult or commotion.
бу́ряbúrja
a violent commotion or disturbance
(obsolete)A fashionable social gathering; a drum.
Examples
5 sentencesIt's a tempest in a teapot.
deDas ist ein Sturm im Wasserglas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.
But U.N. officials call the number of people seeking asylum in the industrialized countries a tempest in a teapot.
Here in a vast cavern king Aeolus rules over the struggling winds and howling tempests, and restrains them in prison with fetters.
Here AEolus within a dungeon vast / the sounding tempest and the struggling blast / bends to his sway and bridles them with chains.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“tFrom Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“time, weather”). Displaced native Old English hrīþ.
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Forms
plural: tempestsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a violent commotion or disturbance:storm
Word family
8 related wordsSee also
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