0 If something such as a relationship or time is tempestuous, it is full of strong emotions: --
1 of or relating to a tempest --
He spoke of the uniform fidelity of the higher officers of the constabulary throughout the whole of those stormy and tempestuous years.
Across that bar the sea was very tempestuous.
Amid snowstorms, a tempestuous day, sea running high, gales blowing furiously, our battle cruiser opened fire at 18,000 yards.
My first reaction was to be tempestuous about this.
He said that the sea is "the water opposed to the land; anything rough and tempestuous".
They were tossed through a long winter night on a tempestuous sea, with an icy wind blowing, and with scarce a rag on their backs.
His tempestuous temperament and his forceful personality made it inevitable that he should make enemies.
Obviously, it is sometimes tempestuous, but at the best of times it is an excellent working relationship.
