vt to disturb as by a tempest.
2. tempest ·vi to storm.
3. tempest ·noun a fashionable assembly; a drum. ·see the note under drum, ·noun, 4.
4. tempest ·noun fig.: any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
5. tempest ·noun an extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.