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tumult
[too-muhlt, tyoo-]
noun
violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar.
The tumult reached its height during the premier's speech.
Synonyms: ,a general outbreak, riot, uprising, or other disorder.
The tumult moved toward the embassy.
Synonyms: , ,highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling; turbulent mental or emotional disturbance.
His placid facade failed to conceal the tumult of his mind.
Synonyms: ,
tumult
/ ˈːʌ /
noun
a loud confused noise, as of a crowd; commotion
violent agitation or disturbance
great emotional or mental agitation
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tumult1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tumult1
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Example Sentences
Despite the tumult, Wilson kept on recording and performing, sometimes showing glimpses of his former self, yet always doomed to having his every song, his every melody compared to his earlier work.
I feel most for Lively's daughters in all of this, caught in the tumult of grown-up friction.
But, she told the court, despite the tumult she also felt like his protector and wanted to remain in his circle.
A robustly growing economy, stable economic policy, falling interest rates, and a graspable positioning in the current global trade tumult as an oasis of tariff stability, are decent selling points in an uncertain world.
During the tumult, some younger members of the Vietnamese community, already questioning their status on the sidelines of a local political infrastructure that didn’t include them, inserted themselves in the conversation.
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