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tempest
WIKTIONARY
tempest
Noun
  • A storm, especially one with severe winds.
  • Any violent tumult or commotion.
  • A fashionable social gathering; a drum. obsolete
Verb
  • To storm. intransitive, rare
  • To disturb, as by a tempest. transitive, chiefly poetic