Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tempestuousness
2 senses of tempestuousness
Sense 1
tempestuousness -- (a state of wild storminess)
=> storminess -- (the state of being stormy; "he dreaded the storminess of the North Atlantic in winter")
Sense 2
agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest -- (a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest")
=> turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang -- (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence")