tumultuous
Americanadjective
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full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar.
a tumultuous celebration.
- Synonyms:
- violent, turbulent, uproarious
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raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy.
a tumultuous crowd of students.
- Synonyms:
- boisterous
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highly agitated, as the mind or emotions; distraught; turbulent.
- Synonyms:
- unquiet
adjective
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uproarious, riotous, or turbulent
a tumultuous welcome
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greatly agitated, confused, or disturbed
a tumultuous dream
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making a loud or unruly disturbance
tumultuous insurgents
Other Word Forms
- nontumultuous adjective
- nontumultuously adverb
- nontumultuousness noun
- tumultuously adverb
- tumultuousness noun
- untumultuous adjective
- untumultuously adverb
- untumultuousness noun
Etymology
Origin of tumultuous
First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin tumultuōsus, from tumultu(s) tumult + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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Sir Keir Starmer and the rest of his cabinet may still be in their jobs at the end of a tumultuous week - but the same can not be said of key figures in behind-the-scenes roles.
From BBC
Its results come in a tumultuous week for stocks, as Wall Street has taken a sell-now, ask-questions-later approach to companies and sectors with even a whiff of worries about AI disruption.
From MarketWatch
Under cross examination, Campbell's KC Tony Lenehan asked her: "These last two years have not been pleasant years... tumultuous."
From BBC
Precious metals have captivated people for centuries and continue to play a role in the modern world—as portfolio diversification, as a hedge against inflation, as a haven during tumultuous times and for industrial uses.
“We were looking for outsized charisma and outsized talent, people like Burton and Taylor,” Fennell says of the classic onscreen pairing of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, famously tumultuous.
From Los Angeles Times
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