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tempestful

tempestful adjective: having tempests.

Adjective

tempestful (comparative more tempestful, superlative most tempestful)

  1. (rare) Having tempests.
    • She quickly felt how unjust the accusations she was harboring. Tossed about like the leaves she might be, in this tempestful world, but not forgotten.1872 July, Ada M. Kennicott, “A Breath of Song”, in Arthur's Lady's Home Magazine, volume 40, page 44
    • But aye the riggs are lone and tempestful, / And aye the dales are hale and comfortful.1922, Albert Ernest Tomlinson, “The Peace”, in Candour: First Poems, Elkin Mathews Ltd, page 8

Forms of tempestful

comparativemore tempestful
superlativemost tempestful

Origin of tempestful

From tempest + -ful.

Questions about tempestful

What does tempestful mean?
Tempestful means having tempests.
What part of speech is tempestful?
Tempestful is an adjective.

Words near tempestful in the dictionary

  1. Tempesta
  2. tempestarii
  3. tempestarius
  4. Tempestas
  5. tempested
  6. tempestful
  7. tempesting
  8. tempestite
  9. tempestites
  10. tempestive
  11. tempestively

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