Vocabulary
Tempestuous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion.
Urdu meaning
تند، طوفانی، تیز، ہنگامہ خیز
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- And from that mighty music the beginning Of jazz arose, tempestuous, capricious, Declaring to the whites in accents loud That not entirely was the planet theirs.
- It is precisely these challenges that lend the new chief justice the opportunity to carve out a legacy of robust judicial leadership, guided by a moral compass that remains unswayed by the tempestuous winds of political expedience.
Synonyms
turbulent, stormy, tumultuous, violent, wild, lively, heated, explosive
Antonyms
peaceful, placid, calm
Curator example
“he had a reckless and tempestuous streak”
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