tempest

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for tempest

tempest 🔊 /tɛˈmpʌst/

tempest : චණ්ඩ මාරුතය

tempest : තද කුණාටුව

tempest definition

Noun.

  1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
  2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
  3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.

Transitive verb. To disturb as by a tempest.

Intransitive verb. To storm.