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TEMPEST-TOSSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tempest-tossed mean?
• TEMPEST-TOSSED (adjective)
The adjective TEMPEST-TOSSED has 1 sense:
1. pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
Familiarity information: TEMPEST-TOSSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
Synonyms:
buffeted; storm-tossed; tempest-swept; tempest-tossed; tempest-tost
Similar:
troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)
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