Tempest
noun
A storm that is very violent and destructive.
A tempest struck the village, destroying many houses.
Often appears as...
- weather tempest
- sea tempest
noun
A situation with a lot of trouble or conflict.
His departure from the company caused a tempest of rumours.
Often appears as...
- political tempest
- social tempest
noun
A work of literature, 'The Tempest' written by William Shakespeare.
We had to study 'The Tempest' for our English literature class.
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A storm that is very violent and destructive.
A tempest struck the village, destroying many houses.
Often appears as...
- weather tempest
- sea tempest
noun
A situation with a lot of trouble or conflict.
His departure from the company caused a tempest of rumours.
Often appears as...
- political tempest
- social tempest
noun
A work of literature, 'The Tempest' written by William Shakespeare.
We had to study 'The Tempest' for our English literature class.
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Expressive Intensity
Use 'tempest' to describe a storm with extreme force or intensity, suggesting damage and chaos.
The island braced for the approaching tempest.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
'Tempest' can metaphorically describe situations of great disturbance, beyond weather.
Their argument was like a tempest, leaving emotional wreckage.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Drama
In literature, 'tempest' often sets a dramatic scene or acts as a symbol for turmoil.
The novel began with a dark tempest brewing on the horizon.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressive Intensity
Use 'tempest' to describe a storm with extreme force or intensity, suggesting damage and chaos.
The island braced for the approaching tempest.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
'Tempest' can metaphorically describe situations of great disturbance, beyond weather.
Their argument was like a tempest, leaving emotional wreckage.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Drama
In literature, 'tempest' often sets a dramatic scene or acts as a symbol for turmoil.
The novel began with a dark tempest brewing on the horizon.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressive Intensity
Use 'tempest' to describe a storm with extreme force or intensity, suggesting damage and chaos.
The island braced for the approaching tempest.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
'Tempest' can metaphorically describe situations of great disturbance, beyond weather.
Their argument was like a tempest, leaving emotional wreckage.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Drama
In literature, 'tempest' often sets a dramatic scene or acts as a symbol for turmoil.
The novel began with a dark tempest brewing on the horizon.
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TED2015 in review PIPE...
get to the essence of what it meant to be human she showed us the Crystal Room but she didn't show us several other rooms that we dug up in the process there's the blood room naturally there's the Seanie room just opens into a tempest there's the normal rooms just a world just get to hang out there for a
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What is verbal irony? -...
But if the weather is horrible, the clouds are looming, and the wind is a raging tempest, and someone says, "Great weather we're having," he probably doesn't actually mean that. He probably means that the weather is horrible, but he has said the opposite.
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Why should you read...
This is no ordinary storm, but a violent and vengeful tempest, and it sets the stage for Shakespeare’s most enigmatic play. As the skies clear, we are invited into a world that seems far removed from our own, but is rife with familiar concerns
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Why bother leaving the...
it is that true, real inspiration and growth only comes from adversity and from challenge, from stepping away from what's comfortable and familiar and stepping out into the unknown. In life, we all have tempests to ride and poles to walk to,
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The myth of Jason and...
Bolstered by their victory, the triumphant heroes sailed onward– only to be blown back to the island several stormy nights later. In the tempest, the Doliones thought these new arrivals invaders.
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Sting: How I started...
Through the teeth of this tempest In the mouth of a gale May the angels protect me If all else should fail And the last ship sails Oh the roar of the chains
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Diwali - Festival of...
with plates of delicious holiday treats it's also customary for families to go to the tempest together on this day they all been dress and find new outfits
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Watch two TED Talks at...
of illusion to shift the course of fate after a storm in the tempest catspaw were magic seduction and deceit drive to aliens who threatened the enterprise
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Flying Into Hurricanes PIPE...
season and a crew from the Air Force Reserves weather reconnaissance squadron is flying into a monster a 400 mile wide tempest named Earl
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Animals Of The ABC...
it's first come first served tempest can get spiky when there's not enough to go around
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TED2015 in review PIPE...
get to the essence of what it meant to be human she showed us the Crystal Room but she didn't show us several other rooms that we dug up in the process there's the blood room naturally there's the Seanie room just opens into a tempest there's the normal rooms just a world just get to hang out there for a
Video examples
What is verbal irony? -...
But if the weather is horrible, the clouds are looming, and the wind is a raging tempest, and someone says, "Great weather we're having," he probably doesn't actually mean that. He probably means that the weather is horrible, but he has said the opposite.
Video examples
Why should you read...
This is no ordinary storm, but a violent and vengeful tempest, and it sets the stage for Shakespeare’s most enigmatic play. As the skies clear, we are invited into a world that seems far removed from our own, but is rife with familiar concerns
Video examples
Why bother leaving the...
it is that true, real inspiration and growth only comes from adversity and from challenge, from stepping away from what's comfortable and familiar and stepping out into the unknown. In life, we all have tempests to ride and poles to walk to,
Video examples
The myth of Jason and...
Bolstered by their victory, the triumphant heroes sailed onward– only to be blown back to the island several stormy nights later. In the tempest, the Doliones thought these new arrivals invaders.
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
Through the teeth of this tempest In the mouth of a gale May the angels protect me If all else should fail And the last ship sails Oh the roar of the chains
Video examples
Diwali - Festival of...
with plates of delicious holiday treats it's also customary for families to go to the tempest together on this day they all been dress and find new outfits
Video examples
Watch two TED Talks at...
of illusion to shift the course of fate after a storm in the tempest catspaw were magic seduction and deceit drive to aliens who threatened the enterprise
Video examples
Flying Into Hurricanes PIPE...
season and a crew from the Air Force Reserves weather reconnaissance squadron is flying into a monster a 400 mile wide tempest named Earl
Video examples
Animals Of The ABC...
it's first come first served tempest can get spiky when there's not enough to go around
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Jules Verne
French Author
However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
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Pliny the Elder
Roman Author
What is there more unruly than the sea, with its winds, its tornadoes, and its tempests? And yet in what department of her works has Nature been more seconded by the ingenuity of man than in this, by his inventions of sails and of oars?
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Daphne Guinness
British Artist
A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Norwegian Writer
A meaningful life - this is what we look for in art, in its smallest dewdrops as in its unleashing of the tempest. We are at peace when we have found it and uneasy when we have not.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
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Scott Pruitt
American Politician
It is no secret that Washington, D.C., is a tempest of people and institutions relentlessly seeking power over the lives of everyday Americans.
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Will Carleton
American Poet
Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.
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Charles de Saint-Évremond
French Critic
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
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Dean Koontz
American Author
When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.
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Jules Verne
French Author
However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous.
Quote examples
Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Quote examples
Pliny the Elder
Roman Author
What is there more unruly than the sea, with its winds, its tornadoes, and its tempests? And yet in what department of her works has Nature been more seconded by the ingenuity of man than in this, by his inventions of sails and of oars?
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Daphne Guinness
British Artist
A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.
Quote examples
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Norwegian Writer
A meaningful life - this is what we look for in art, in its smallest dewdrops as in its unleashing of the tempest. We are at peace when we have found it and uneasy when we have not.
Quote examples
John Muir
American Environmentalist
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
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Scott Pruitt
American Politician
It is no secret that Washington, D.C., is a tempest of people and institutions relentlessly seeking power over the lives of everyday Americans.
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Will Carleton
American Poet
Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.
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Charles de Saint-Évremond
French Critic
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
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Dean Koontz
American Author
When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.
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