tempest
To disturb, as by a tempestTo disturb, as by a tempest.
» It's a tempest in a teapot.
Das ist ein Sturm im Wasserglas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(intransitive, rare)To storm.
бушева́тьbuševátʹ
(poetic, transitive)To disturb, as by a tempest.
бушеватьbuševatʹ
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
2 languagesBy meaning 2
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
tempests, tempesting, tempested, tempestedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle