Synonym: angry, furious, raging, stormy, wild. Similar words: sumptuous, temple, temporal, temporary, contemplate, contretemps, gesture, contemporary. Meaning: [tem'pestʃʊəs] 
adj. 1. characterized by violent emotions or behavior 2. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger.
adj. 1. characterized by violent emotions or behavior 2. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger. 31. The narrative says that Russia failed because the tempestuous Gorbachev ignored the Chinese reform model, moved too quickly, and allowed the party monopoly to fall apart.
32. The historians present the picture of a brilliant but tempestuous and cruel man.
33. After a tempestuous two - month voyage they landed what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts on icy November day.
34. It was closer to being a turbulent ocean fomented by the tempestuous warp tides below.
More similar words: sumptuous, temple, temporal, temporary, contemplate, contretemps, gesture, contemporary, ambiguous, assiduous, innocuous, superfluous, continuous, promiscuous, imperious, study, studio, student, costume, stumble, disturb, stubborn, whimper, compel, stem, item, compete, disturbing, impetus, imperial.