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tumultuous

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tu·mul·tu·ous  (t-mlch-s, ty-)
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 [tew-mull-tew-uss]
Adjective
1. exciting, confused, or turbulent: this week's tumultuous events
2. unruly, noisy, or excited: a tumultuous welcome
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tumultuoustumultuous - 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 << OPPOSITE quiet
adjective 2. wild, excited, riotous, unrestrained, violent, raging, disorderly, fierce, passionate, noisy, restless, unruly, rowdy, boisterous, full-on (informal) lawless, vociferous, rumbustious, uproarious, obstreperous, clamorous
Translations
Spanish tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltjuəs] adj → tumultuoso
French tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltjuəs] adj → tumultueux/euse
German tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltjuəs] tumult adj [welcome, applause etc] → stürmisch
Italian tumultuous [tjuːˈmʌltjuəs] adj → tumultuoso/a
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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.
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