tempestuous
Wild and volatile
Tempestuous describes something stormy, turbulent, or violently agitated.
The word applies literally to weather but more often to emotions and relationships: a tempestuous affair, a tempestuous marriage.
A tempestuous person is prone to volatile outbursts.
The word carries dramatic flair—you wouldn't call a mild disagreement tempestuous.
Liable to sudden change
- moodyProne to sullenness
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
intense · fiery · hot-blooded · explosive · turbulent · impassioned · fervent · ardent
Wildly, coldly windy
- galeSevere sustained wind
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
downpour · torrential · hurricane · typhoon · monsoon · tornado · whirlwind · blizzard
Violently agitated or disturbed
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
intense · dramatic · on-again off-again · rocky · heated · explosive · love-hate · quarrelsome
Subject to sudden changes
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- changeableCapable of alteration
unstable · variable · fluctuating · impulsive · whimsical · sporadic · unsteady · volatile
volatile
Liable to sudden change
- moodyProne to sullenness
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
passionate · intense · fiery · hot-blooded · explosive · turbulent · impassioned · fervent · ardent · vehement
blustery
Wildly, coldly windy
- galeSevere sustained wind
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
squall · downpour · torrential · hurricane · typhoon · monsoon · tornado · whirlwind · blizzard · howling winds
tumultuous
Violently agitated or disturbed
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
fiery · intense · dramatic · on-again off-again · rocky · heated · explosive · love-hate · quarrelsome · combustible
capricious
Subject to sudden changes
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
changeable · unstable · variable · fluctuating · impulsive · whimsical · sporadic · unsteady · volatile · mercurial
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- unrestState of public disturbance
- rebellionDefiance of established power
coup · mutiny · insurrection · civil war · uprising · turmoil · strife · chaos · anarchy · revolution
- Wind termscalm, breezy, windy, gusty, blustery
- Volatilityvolatility, fluctuation, fluctuations, instability, unpredictability
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- ocean wordstidal, salty, saltiness, briny, wavy
- on fireablaze, alight, blazing, burning, engulfed