Wiktionary
tempest-tossed
a. 1 (context poetic English) Battered by a storm or storms. 2 (context figuratively English) Beset by adversity or fraught with dissension.
WordNet
tempest-tossed
adj. pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn: buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tost, tempest-swept]
Usage examples of "tempest-tossed".
When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder!
Jagged tines of lightning stabbed at the mast and mainsails, threatening to set the tempest-tossed vessel ablaze.