tempests
Furious wind events
Tempests is the plural of tempest, a violent storm with strong winds—a word more common in literary or poetic contexts than in weather reports.
Figuratively, tempests are episodes of intense turbulence or upheaval: political tempests, emotional tempests.
A tempest in a teapot is a disproportionate fuss over something trivial.
Violent atmospheric disturbances
- hurricanesPowerful tropical rotating windstorms
- galesVery powerful winds
- squallsSudden violent windstorms
- cyclonesRotating storm systems
typhoons · whirlwinds · thunderstorms · torrents · downpours · nor'easters · monsoons · deluges
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- furyIntense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- outburstSudden emotional release
passion · tumult · agitation · frenzy · torment · anguish · wrath · tantrum
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- ProsperoExiled magical duke
- ArielAiry supernatural being
- CalibanMonstrous enslaved being
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
Miranda · Lear · King Lear · romantic poets · Shelley · Byron · gothic · dramatic
storms
Violent atmospheric disturbances
- hurricanesPowerful tropical rotating windstorms
- galesVery powerful winds
- squallsSudden violent windstorms
cyclones · typhoons · whirlwinds · thunderstorms · torrents · downpours · nor'easters · monsoons · deluges · lightning
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
outburst · passion · tumult · agitation · frenzy · torment · anguish · wrath · tantrum · meltdown
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
shipwreck · Miranda · Lear · King Lear · romantic poets · Shelley · Byron · gothic · dramatic · allegory
upheaval
Violent disturbance of order
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- unrestState of public disturbance
rebellion · revolution · chaos · discord · warfare · controversy · crisis · uproar · commotion · disturbance
shipwreck
Destroyed vessel at sea
vessels · galleons · masts · rigging · foundering · capsizing · maritime · anchors · harbors · safe port
tempestscalms
Reduces agitation
stillness · gentle breezes · fair weather · clear skies · zephyrs
- tempest in a teapotDisproportionate fuss about trivialities
- The TempestLate Shakespearean island romance
- tempest in a teacupTrivial matter made dramatic
- tempests in teapotsOverreactions to trivial matters
tempest, tempestuous, tempestuously, tempestuousness, tempest in a teapot