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tempest
(mass) | tempest
- búrka, zmätok |
tempest
(encz) | tempest,bouře n: jaar |
tempest
(encz) | tempest,nepohoda n: Zdeněk Brož |
tempest
(encz) | tempest,vřava n: jaar |
tempest
(encz) | tempest,zmatek n: luke |
Tempest
(gcide) | Tempest \Tem"pest\, n. [OF. tempeste, F. temp[^e]te, (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.
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[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
Each on his rock transfixed. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political
tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
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3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum,
n., 4. [Archaic] --Smollett.
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Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten,
tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the
like.
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Syn: Storm; agitation; perturbation. See Storm.
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Tempest
(gcide) | Tempest \Tem"pest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. tempester, F. temp[^e]ter to
rage.]
To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.]
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Part huge of bulk
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
Tempest the ocean. --Milton.
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Tempest
(gcide) | Tempest \Tem"pest\, v. i.
To storm. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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tempest
(wn) | 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, tempest]
2: (literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island" |
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a tempest in a teapot
(encz) | a tempest in a teapot,mnoho povyku pro nic Zdeněk Brož |
tempest-swept
(encz) | tempest-swept, adj: |
tempest-tossed
(encz) | tempest-tossed, adj: |
tempest-tost
(encz) | tempest-tost, adj: |
tempestuous
(encz) | tempestuous,bouřlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožtempestuous,rozbouřený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tempestuously
(encz) | tempestuously, |
tempestuousness
(encz) | tempestuousness, |
Intempestive
(gcide) | Intempestive \In`tem*pes"tive\, a. [L. intempestivus: cf. F.
intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive.]
Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] --Burton.
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Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. --Hales.
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Intempestively
(gcide) | Intempestively \In`tem*pes"tive*ly\, adv.
Unseasonably. [Obs.]
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Intempestivity
(gcide) | Intempestivity \In*tem`pes*tiv"i*ty\, n. [L. intempestivitas:
cf. F. intempestivit['e].]
Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [Obs.] --Hales.
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storm-tossed tempest-tossed tempest-tost tempest-swept
(gcide) | battered \battered\ adj.
1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station
wagon.
Syn: beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down,
dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound.
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2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows;
as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [Narrower
terms: buffeted; {storm-tossed, tempest-tossed,
tempest-tost, tempest-swept}]
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3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat
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4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the
battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Syn: beaten.
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Tempest
(gcide) | Tempest \Tem"pest\, n. [OF. tempeste, F. temp[^e]te, (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.
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[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
Each on his rock transfixed. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political
tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
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3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum,
n., 4. [Archaic] --Smollett.
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Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten,
tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the
like.
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Syn: Storm; agitation; perturbation. See Storm.
[1913 Webster]Tempest \Tem"pest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. tempester, F. temp[^e]ter to
rage.]
To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.]
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Part huge of bulk
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
Tempest the ocean. --Milton.
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To storm. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Tempestive
(gcide) | Tempestive \Tem*pes"tive\, a. [L. tempestivus.]
Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood.
-- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Tempestively
(gcide) | Tempestive \Tem*pes"tive\, a. [L. tempestivus.]
Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood.
-- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Tempestivily
(gcide) | Tempestivily \Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly\, n. [L. tempestivitas.]
The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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tempests
(gcide) | Gale \Gale\ (g[=a]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal
furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to
sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm,
sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[=o]la gust of wind,
gola breeze. Cf. Yell.]
1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and
a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
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Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen
("moderate") to about eighty ("very heavy") miles an
our. --Sir. W. S. Harris.
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2. A moderate current of air; a breeze.
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A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. --Shak.
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And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned
From their soft wings. --Milton.
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3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
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The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting
into what, in New England, is sometimes called a
gale. --Brooke
(Eastford).
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Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her
topgallant sails.
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Tempestuous
(gcide) | Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.]
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a
tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather;
a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. --
Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n.
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They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
--Longfellow.
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Tempestuously
(gcide) | Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.]
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a
tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather;
a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. --
Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n.
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They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
--Longfellow.
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Tempestuousness
(gcide) | Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.]
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a
tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather;
a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. --
Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n.
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They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
--Longfellow.
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tempest-swept
(wn) | tempest-swept
adj 1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn:
buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, {tempest-
tost}, tempest-swept] |
tempest-tossed
(wn) | tempest-tossed
adj 1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn:
buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, {tempest-
tost}, tempest-swept] |
tempest-tost
(wn) | tempest-tost
adj 1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn:
buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, {tempest-
tost}, tempest-swept] |
tempestuous
(wn) | tempestuous
adj 1: characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy
argument"; "a stormy marriage" [syn: stormy,
tempestuous]
2: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds
on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn:
angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild] |
tempestuousness
(wn) | tempestuousness
n 1: a state of wild storminess
2: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the
political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"
[syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation,
tempestuousness, unrest] |
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