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tumultuous

[too-muhl-choo-uhs, tyoo-]

adjective

  1. full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar.

    a tumultuous celebration.

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  2. raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy.

    a tumultuous crowd of students.

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  3. highly agitated, as the mind or emotions; distraught; turbulent.

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tumultuous

/ ːˈʌʊə /

adjective

  1. uproarious, riotous, or turbulent

    a tumultuous welcome

  2. greatly agitated, confused, or disturbed

    a tumultuous dream

  3. making a loud or unruly disturbance

    tumultuous insurgents

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • tumultuously adverb
  • tumultuousness noun
  • nontumultuous adjective
  • nontumultuously adverb
  • nontumultuousness noun
  • untumultuous adjective
  • untumultuously adverb
  • untumultuousness noun
  • ٳˈܱٳܴdzܲԱ noun
  • ٳˈܱٳܴdzܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tumultuous1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin ٳܱܳٳōܲ, from tumultu(s) tumult + -ōܲ -ous
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The tumultuous events of the past week have also given her an opportunity for a reset after the Palisades fire.

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The message they deliver to visitors could be "welcome to Serbia, our recent history has been tumultuous and complicated – and we still haven't quite finished processing it".

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Her tumultuous arc was as dramatically compelling for the audience as it was for Abela herself.

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We follow her through her tumultuous final semester of high school.

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Andrew was being bombarded by the breaking waves, tumbling in the tumultuous North Sea.

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