About The Word Tumultuous
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Tumultuous
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What's The Definition Of Tumultuous?
[adj] characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tumultuous: disruptive | riotous | troubled | turbulent | unquiet Related Terms | Find terms related to Tumultuous: See Also | Tumultuous In Webster's Dictionary \Tu*mul"tu*ous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F.
tumultueux.]
1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly;
turbulent.
The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay.
2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous;
disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling,
boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton.
4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent;
violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless;
riotous; seditious. -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness}, n.
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