tempestuous

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.

   “I wyl aduertise you that this Boke is named the Shyp of foles of the worlde: For this worlde is nought els but a tempestous se in the whiche we dayly wander and are caste in dyuers tribulacions paynes and aduersitees: some by ignoraunce and some by wilfulnes: wherfore such doers ar worthy to be called foles.”

   “[A] turbulent and tempeſtuous ſtorme aroſe, that encloſed them on everie ſide, ſo that laying aſide all hope, they vvere in utter deſpaire of their life, ſecuritie, or any helpe at all.”

   “A tempeſtuous noiſe of Thunder and Lightning heard: Enter a Ship-maſter, and a Boteſvvaine.”

   “[T]he Months of March and September, the tvvo Æquinoxes of Our year, are the moſt vvindy and tempeſtuous, the moſt unſettled and unequable of Seaſons in moſt Countries of the VVorld.”

   “But oft the Sea / Tempeſtuous kept them back, and Southern VVinds / Deter'd them.”

2. (figuratively)Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.

   “After their tempestuous argument, they did not speak to each other for weeks.”

   “Yet I confesse in that tempestious hast [i.e., haste], / I said, that I from out thy sight was cast: / But thou didst heare, when I to thee did moane, / Then love the Lord all ye that feele his grace: […]”

   “[H]e vvould not ſuffer any farther inquiſition and examination to be had of the conſpirators, for feare leſt by ſtriking a terror among ſo many, the tempeſtuous troubles of the provinces vvhich vvere vvell appeaſed might revive again.”

   “A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: / […] / A vvinning vvave (deſerving Note) / In the tempeſtuous petticote: / […] Doe more bevvitch me, then vvhen Art / Is too preciſe in every part.”

   “VVhat various Noiſes do mines^([sic]) ears invade? / And have a Conſort made? / The ſhriller Trumpet, and tempeſtuous Drum: / The deaf'ning clamor from the Canons vvombe; / VVhich through the Air like ſuddain Thunder breaks, / Seems calm to Souldiers ſhouts and VVomens ſhrieks.”