Meaning Of Tempest

n.

An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

n.

Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

n.

A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.

v. t.

To disturb as by a tempest.

v. i.

To storm.