" tempestuous "

1: marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity;

  * e.g., " ... order was restored to the court after the judge put a stop to the defendant's tempestuous outburst "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bang-bang,

•  blood-and-guts,

•  convulsive,

•  cyclonic,

•  explosive,

•  ferocious,

•  fierce,

•  furious,

•  hammer-and-tongs,

•  hot,

•  knock-down, drag-out,

•  paroxysmal,

•  rabid,

•  rough,

•  stormy,

•  tumultuous,

•  turbulent,

•  violent,

•  volcanic

•  Antonyms : 

•  nonviolent,

•  peaceable,

•  peaceful

2: marked by sudden or violent disturbance;

  * e.g., " ... in terms of social change, the 1960s are generally considered the most tempestuous decade in recent American history "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cataclysmal,

•  convulsive,

•  stormy,

•  tumultuous,

•  turbulent

•  Antonyms : 

•  bright,

•  clear,

•  clement,

•  cloudless,

•  fair,

•  sunny,

•  sunshiny,

•  unclouded

3: marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements;

  * e.g., " ... we spent a tempestuous night stranded on the summit of the mountain "

•  Synonyms : 

•  rough,

•  rugged,

•  stormy,

•  tumultuous,

•  turbulent,

•  wild

•  Antonyms : 

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