A violent commotion or disturbance:
— It was only a tempest in a teapot.
synonym: storm.
Roget 173:
violence,
inclemency,
vehemence,
might,
impetuosity;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
effervescence,
ebullition;
turbulence,
bluster;
uproar,
callithump [U.S.],
riot,
row,
rumpus,
le diable a quatre [Fr.],
devil to pay,
all the fat in the fire.
severity
etc.
739;
ferocity,
rage,
fury;
exacerbation,
exasperation,
malignity;
fit,
paroxysm;
orgasm,
climax,
aphrodisia†;
force,
brute force;
outrage;
coup de main;
strain,
shock,
shog†;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe;
hysterics,
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825.
outbreak,
outburst;
debacle;
burst,
bounce,
dissilience†,
discharge,
volley,
explosion,
blow up,
blast,
detonation,
rush,
eruption,
displosion†,
torrent.
turmoil
etc.
(disorder)
59;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
storm,
tempest,
rough weather;
squall
etc.
(wind)
349;
earthquake,
volcano,
thunderstorm.
berserk,
berserker;
fury,
dragon,
demon,
tiger,
beldame,
Tisiphone†,
Megaera,
Alecto†,
madcap,
wild beast;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887.
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Roget 315:
agitation,
stir,
tremor,
shake,
ripple,
jog,
jolt,
jar,
jerk,
shock,
succussion†,
trepidation,
quiver,
quaver,
dance;
jactitation†,
quassation†;
shuffling
etc.
v.;
twitter,
flicker,
flutter.
turbulence,
perturbation;
commotion,
turmoil,
disquiet;
tumult,
tumultuation†;
hubbub,
rout,
bustle,
fuss,
racket,
subsultus†,
staggers,
megrims,
epilepsy,
fits;
carphology†,
chorea,
floccillation†,
the jerks,
St. Vitus's dance,
tilmus†.
spasm,
throe,
throb,
palpitation,
convulsion.
disturbance,
chaos
etc.
(disorder)
59;
restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149.
ferment,
fermentation;
ebullition,
effervescence,
hurly-burly,
cahotage†;
tempest,
storm,
ground swell,
heavy sea,
whirlpool,
vortex
etc.
312;
whirlwind
etc.
(wind)
349.
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Roget 349:
wind,
draught,
flatus,
afflatus,
efflation†,
eluvium†;
air;
breath,
breath of air;
puff,
whiff,
zephyr;
blow,
breeze,
drift;
aura;
stream,
current,
jet stream;
undercurrent.
gust,
blast,
squall,
gale,
half a gale,
storm,
tempest,
hurricane,
whirlwind,
tornado,
samiel,
cyclone,
anticyclone,
typhoon;
simoon†,
simoom;
harmattan†,
monsoon,
trade wind,
sirocco,
mistral,
bise†,
tramontane,
levanter;
capful of wind;
fresh breeze,
stiff breeze;
keen blast;
blizzard,
barber [Can.],
candelia†,
chinook,
foehn,
khamsin†,
norther,
vendaval†,
wuther†.
windiness
etc.
adj.;
ventosity†;
rough weather,
dirty weather,
ugly weather,
stress of weather;
dirty sky,
mare's tail;
thick squall,
black squall,
white squall.
anemography†,
aerodynamics;
wind gauge,
weathercock,
vane,
weather-vane,
wind sock;
anemometer,
anemoscope†.
sufflation†,
insufflation†,
perflation†,
inflation,
afflation†;
blowing,
fanning
etc.
v.;
ventilation.
sneezing
etc.
v.;
errhine†;
sternutative†,
sternutatory†;
sternutation;
hiccup,
hiccough;
catching of the breath.
Eolus,
Boreas,
Zephyr,
cave of Eolus.
air pump,
air blower,
lungs,
bellows,
blowpipe,
fan,
ventilator,
punkah†;
branchiae†,
gills,
flabellum†,
vertilabrum†.
whiffle ball.
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Roget 825:
excitability,
impetuosity,
vehemence;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
turbulence;
impatience,
intolerance,
nonendurance†;
irritability
etc.
(irascibility)
901;
itching
etc.
(desire)
865;
wincing;
disquiet,
disquietude;
restlessness;
fidgets,
fidgetiness;
agitation
etc.
(irregular motion)
315.
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle,
hurry,
fuss,
flurry;
fluster,
flutter;
pother,
stew,
ferment;
whirl;
buck fever;
hurry-skurry†,
thrill
etc.
(feeling)
821;
state of excitement,
fever of excitement;
transport.
passion,
excitement,
flush,
heat;
fever,
heat;
fire,
flame,
fume,
blood boiling;
tumult;
effervescence,
ebullition;
boiling over;
whiff,
gust,
story,
tempest;
scene,
breaking out,
burst,
fit,
paroxysm,
explosion;
outbreak,
outburst;
agony.
violence
etc.
173;
fierceness
etc.
adj.;
rage,
fury,
furor,
furore†,
desperation,
madness,
distraction,
raving,
delirium;
phrensy†,
frenzy,
hysterics;
intoxication;
tearing passion,
raging passion;
anger
etc.
900.
fascination,
infatuation,
fanaticism;
Quixotism,
Quixotry;
tete montee [Fr.].
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