'Tumultuous' definitions:

Definition of 'tumultuous'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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, tumultuous, turbulent]

Definition of 'Tumultuous'

From: GCIDE
  • Tumultuous \Tu*mul"tu*ous\ (t[-u]*m[u^]l"t[-u]*[u^]s), a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.]
  • 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. [1913 Webster]
  • The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. [1913 Webster]
  • His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. [1913 Webster] -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tumultuous'

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Words containing 'Tumultuous'