D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tempestuous

/tĕmˌ-pĕs'-cho͞o-əs/ · Tem·pes·tu·ous · IPA /tɛmˈpɛs.tʃu.əs/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night;…
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.
    “They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.” Longfellow.