Noun: tempestuousness tem'pes-choo-us-nus
- A state of wild storminess
"The tempestuousness of the sea made sailing impossible"
- A state of agitation or turbulent change or development
"The tempestuousness of the political situation worried many citizens";
- agitation, ferment, fermentation, unrest
Type of: storminess, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval
Encyclopedia: Tempestuousness