tempest — OET

tempest

noun

1 the screaming tempest raged round the house:

storm, squall;

gale, hurricane, tornado, cyclone, typhoon, superstorm;

thunderstorm, cloudburst, downpour, rainstorm, hailstorm, deluge, monsoon, tropical storm, electrical storm;

snowstorm, blizzard;

dust storm, dust devil;

North American williwaw, ice storm, windstorm;

in central Asia buran.

2 the tempest of World War II:

turmoil, tumult, turbulence, ferment, disturbance, disorder, chaos, upheaval, disruption, commotion, uproar, storm, furore.

▷antonyms tranquillity.

tempest Oxford Dictionary of English