'Tumultuousness' definitions:
Definition of 'tumultuousness'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Tumultuousness'
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]