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tempestuous
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of TEMPESTUOUS
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marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity <order was restored to the court after the judge put a stop to the defendant's tempestuous outburst>
Synonyms bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out (or knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, volcanic
Related Words barbarous, brutal, savage, vicious; antagonistic, hostile; aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent; combustible, volatile; agitated, frantic, frenzied, mad; cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous
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marked by sudden or violent disturbance <in terms of social change, the 1960s are generally considered the most tempestuous decade in recent American history>
Near Antonyms calm, peaceful, placid, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled
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