2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuous \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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" [syn: {disruptive}, {riotous},
{troubled}, {turbulent}]
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