What does TUMULTUOUS mean?

Definitions for TUMULTUOUS
tuˈmʌl tʃu əs, tyu-tu·mul·tuous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulentadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. tumultuousadjective

    Noisy and disorderly

  2. tumultuousadjective

    Causing tumult

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tumultuousadjective

    Etymology: from tumult; tumultueux, Fr.

    The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
    Hurry’d him aloft. John Milton.

    His dire attempt; which nigh the birth
    Now rowling, boils in his tumultuous breast,
    And like a devilish engine back recoils
    Upon himself. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

    The vital blood, that had forsook my heart,
    Returns again in such tumultuous tides,
    It quite o’ercomes me. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    Many civil broils, and tumultuous rebellions, they fairly overcame, by reason of the continual presence of their King, whose only person oftentimes contains the unruly people from a thousand evil occasions. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

    Nought rests for me in this tumultuous strife,
    But to make open proclamation. William Shakespeare.

    Furiously running in upon him with tumultuous speech, he violently raught from his head his rich cap of sables. Richard Knolles.

    The winds began to speak louder, and as in a tumultuous kingdom, to think themselves fittest instruments of commandment. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

ChatGPT

  1. tumultuous

    Tumultuous refers to making a loud, confused noise, or being excited, confused, disorderly, or full of commotion or upheaval. It is often used to describe a state of chaos, disturbance, unrest, or turbulence, either physically or emotionally.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tumultuousadjective

    full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent

  2. Tumultuousadjective

    conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting

  3. Tumultuousadjective

    agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed

  4. Tumultuousadjective

    turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TUMULTUOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TUMULTUOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of TUMULTUOUS in a Sentence

  1. Rachel Bovard:

    Senate Democrats are rolling into an election with a historically unpopular president and no answers to a tumultuous economy, inflation at the highest point in decades, and food, housing, and gas prices through the roof, that, more than anything, is determinative of where they may end up electorally.

  2. Chris Barron:

    Trump’s absurd utterances to illustrate the president’s tumultuous inner life of paranoia, narcissism and xenophobia.

  3. Gina Haspel:

    Having served in that tumultuous time, I can offer you my personal commitment, clearly and without reservation, that under my leadership on my watch, [the] CIA will not restart such a detention and interrogation program.

  4. State John Kerry:

    A united Cyprus will stand as a beacon of hope in a tumultuous part of the world.

  5. Mike Pompeo:

    A report was published by special counsel Robert Mueller and we hope that this tumultuous situation will die down and we can finally move on to building more professional, constructive dialogue between Russia and the State Mike Pompeo.

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