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tempest–tossed
adjective
variants: or
tempest–tost
Definition of tempest–tossed
: tossed about or agitated violently : thrown into confusion : overwhelmed when upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed — Johnson Oatman send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me — Emma Lazarus
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