[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tempest \tem"pest\, v. t. cf. of. tempester, f. temp^eter to
   rage.
   to disturb as by a tempest. obs.
   1913 webster

         part huge of bulk
         wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
         tempest the ocean.                       --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tempest \tem"pest\, v. i.
   to storm. obs. --b. jonson.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tempest \tem"pest\, n. of. tempeste, f. temp^ete, assumed
   ll. tempesta, fr. l. tempestas a portion of time, a season,
   weather, storm, akin to tempus time. see temporal of time.
   1. an extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity
      and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or
      snow; a furious storm.
      1913 webster

            we caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
            each on his rock transfixed.          --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political
      tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
      1913 webster

   3. a fashionable assembly; a drum. see the note under drum,
      n., 4. archaic --smollett.
      1913 webster

   note: tempest is sometimes used in the formation of
         self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten,
         tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the
         like.
         1913 webster

   syn: storm; agitation; perturbation. see storm.
        1913 webster
see also:
temporal drum storm 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tempest
     n 1: a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had
          characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was
          only a tempest in a teapot" syn: storm
     2: literary a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"
see also:
storm 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 moby thesaurus words for "tempest":
   agitation, black squall, blaze, blizzard, blow, brouhaha, burst,
   chaos, commotion, convulsion, cyclone, dirty weather, disorder,
   disruption, disturbance, equinoctial, eruption, explosion, ferment,
   fit, flare-up, foul weather, gale, gust, half a gale, heavy blow,
   hurly-burly, hurricane, ill wind, irruption, line squall,
   line storm, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, perturbation, rainstorm,
   riot, rough weather, seizure, snowstorm, spasm, squall,
   squall line, storm, storm wind, stormy weather, stormy winds,
   strong wind, tempestuous rage, tempestuous wind, thick squall,
   thundersquall, thunderstorm, tornado, tropical cyclone, tumult,
   turbulence, typhoon, ugly wind, unrest, upheaval, uproar,
   violent blow, whirlwind, white squall, whole gale, williwaw,
   wind-shift line, windstorm

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