🇬🇧 Tempestuous meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Tempestuous means wild and stormy, like a crazy thunderstorm—but it can also describe a person, relationship, or situation that is full of big, loud, out‑of‑control emotions, arguments, or drama.

My friendship with chocolate is tempestuous: I swear I’m done, and five minutes later I’m sneaking back for “just one more piece.”

Dad’s attempt to assemble the shelf turned into a tempestuous saga of missing screws and new swear-word inventions he wouldn’t let us repeat.

My stomach had a tempestuous reaction to the mystery casserole, complete with rumbles, groans, and tiny internal protests.

The baby’s mood was so tempestuous that he laughed, cried, and tried to eat his hand all in the same minute.

The most tempestuous place in our house is the bathroom at 7:59 a.m., when four people and one dog all claim they’ll explode if they can’t use it first.

On the cliff a tempestuous sea beat the rocks, and a tempestuous wind tore at coats. Their voices were tempestuous, hurling hurt like stones. The tempestuous sky cracked open with rain, and the storm washed their anger clean. They stood soaked, breathless, then laughed and hugged, the tempestuous night easing into quiet.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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