tumultuous

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adj.

1. Characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly: tumultuous applause.

2. Tending to cause tumult.

3. Confusedly or violently agitated.

tu·multu·ous·ly adv.

tu·multu·ous·ness n.

tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs]

adj

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

tumultuously adv

tumultuousness n

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Adj.

tumultuous - 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"

disruptive, turbulent, riotous, troubled

unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"

tumultuous

adjective

1. turbulent, exciting, confused, disturbed, hectic, stormy, agitated the tumultuous changes in Eastern Europe
turbulent still, quiet, calm, peaceful, hushed, serene, tranquil, restful

2. wild, excited, riotous, unrestrained, violent, raging, disorderly, fierce, passionate, noisy, restless, unruly, rowdy, boisterous, full-on (informal), lawless, vociferous, rumbustious, uproarious, obstreperous, clamorous Delegates greeted the news with tumultuous applause.

Translations

tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs] ADJ [applause] → tumultuoso

tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltʃuəs] adj → tumultueux/euse

tumultuous

adj applause, day, times, relationship → stürmisch; they gave him a tumultuous welcome → sie begrüßten ihn stürmisch; a tumultuous sea → eine stürmische See

tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs] adj → tumultuoso/a

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aboil
Attroopment
Babylonic
boisterous
chaotic
clamorous
disruptive
factional
hectic
pell-mell
Rabble-rout
Rabblement
Revel-rout
riotous
riotously
stormy
thunderous
troubled
tumult

Remember, also, that the surgeon must operate from above, some eight or ten feet intervening between him and his subject, and that subject almost hidden in a discolored, rolling, and oftentimes tumultuous and bursting sea.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

As a ruler, the East Wind has a remarkable stability; as an invader of the high latitudes lying under the tumultuous sway of his great brother, the Wind of the West, he is extremely difficult to dislodge, by the reason of his cold craftiness and profound duplicity.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

The younger generation, conscious of strength and tumultuous, have done with knocking at the door; they have burst in and seated themselves in our seats.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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