tempest
noun
1. a violent commotion or disturbance
- it was only a tempest in a teapot
Similar word(s): storm
Definition categories: state, commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, kerfuffle
2. (literary) a violent wind
- a tempest swept over the island
Definition categories: phenomenon, windstorm
verb
1. (intransitive, rare) To storm.
2. (transitive, chiefly poetic) To disturb, as by a tempest.