whirlwind
Fast rotating windstorm
A whirlwind is a column of air rotating rapidly around a vertical axis, smaller and less destructive than a tornado but powerful enough to lift debris and dust.
The word extends naturally to anything that moves with similar speed and chaos: a whirlwind romance develops intensely fast, a whirlwind tour covers many places in little time.
As an adjective, whirlwind characterizes events marked by hurried, dizzying activity.
To reap the whirlwind is to suffer severe consequences for earlier actions.
Violent rotating windstorm
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
- vortexRotating fluid column
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
hurricane · gale · tempest · dust devil · sandstorm · funnel cloud · waterspout · maelstrom
Violent mental agitation
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
commotion · havoc · turmoil · upheaval · maelstrom · confusion · disorder · disarray
Seeking another's romantic favor
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
passion · elopement · swept away · honeymoon · rendezvous · liaison · enchantment · chemistry
Causing severe damage
- ravagingViolently destroying everything
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- debrisScattered broken fragments
damage · path · aftermath · devastation · leveling · uprooting · flattening · demolishing
tornado
Violent rotating windstorm
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
- vortexRotating fluid column
typhoon · hurricane · gale · tempest · dust devil · sandstorm · funnel cloud · waterspout · maelstrom · squall
frenzy
Violent mental agitation
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
tumult · commotion · havoc · turmoil · upheaval · maelstrom · confusion · disorder · disarray · flurry
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- trystSecret romantic meeting
infatuation · passion · elopement · swept away · honeymoon · rendezvous · liaison · enchantment · chemistry · spark
rapid
Moving with haste
fast · lightning · meteoric · breakneck · hurried · hasty · fleeting · brief · flash · rushed
devastating
Causing severe damage
- ravagingViolently destroying everything
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
debris · damage · path · aftermath · devastation · leveling · uprooting · flattening · demolishing · obliteration
visit
Trip to see another
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- journeyTravel from place to place
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
sightseeing · stops · schedule · packed · exhausting · travel · excursion · adventure · cities · countries
whirlwindcalm
Free from agitation
stillness · gentle breeze · zephyr · still air · dead calm
whirlwindcalm
Free from agitation
orderly · methodical · systematic · controlled · considered
- whirlwind romanceIntense, brief romantic relationship
- reap the whirlwindSuffer consequences of misdeeds
- reaped the whirlwindSuffered severe consequences of wrongdoing
- reaping the whirlwindSuffering consequences of recklessness