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Definition of tempestuous

"tempestuous" in the adjective sense

1. stormy, tempestuous

characterized by violent emotions or behavior

"a stormy argument"

"a stormy marriage"

2. angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild

of the elements) as if showing violent anger

"angry clouds on the horizon"

"furious winds"

"the raging sea"

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Quotations for tempestuous

See what money can do: that can change
Men's manners; alter their conditions!
How tempestuous the slaves are without it!
O thou powerful metal! what authority
Is in thee! thou art the key to all mens
Mouths: with thee, a man may lock up the jaws
Of an informer; and without thee, he
Cannot open the lips of a lawyer. [ Richard Brome ]

The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms. [ Edgar A. Poe ]

Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather. [ Cicero ]

As the rose-tree is composed of the sweetest flowers, and the sharpest thorns; as the heavens are sometimes overcast — alternately tempestuous and serene — so is the life of man intermingled with hopes and fears, with joys and sorrows, with pleasures and with pains. [ Burton ]

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tempestuous in Scrabble®

The word tempestuous is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters tempestuous:

TEMPESTUOUS
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (12 words)

espouse, outputs, outsees, outsets, outstep, poetess, septets, septums, spumous, tempest, toupees, utmosts

 

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tempestuous in Words With Friends™

The word tempestuous is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters tempestuous:

TEMPESTUOUS
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (12 words)

espouse, outputs, outsees, outsets, outstep, poetess, septets, septums, spumous, tempest, toupees, utmosts

 

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(225)
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Words containing the sequence tempestuous

Words that start with tempestuous (3 words)

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Words with tempestuous in them (1 word)

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Words that end with tempestuous (1 word)

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