tempest

About 1.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A storm, especially one with severe winds.
2. noun Any violent tumult or commotion.
3. noun A fashionable social gathering; a drum.
4. verb To storm.
5. verb To disturb, as by a tempest.

Similar words

storm rainstorm bourasque snowstorm blizzard firestorm whirlwind thunderstorm turmoil anger

Often followed by

of and in is was that which had to

Word family

tempested tempesting tempests