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Definition of tumultuous :
1. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
3. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
Synonyms:
lush, heavy, roiling, churning, fast, calm, dissipated, profuse, libertine, roily, rugged, profligate, disruptive, rough, degenerate, stormy, luxuriant, dirty, debauched, turbulent, troubled, ugly, unquiet, roiled, dissolute, degraded, exuberant, riotous
agitated (part of speech: adjective)
loud (part of speech: adjective)
booming, blasting, fortissimo, earsplitting, blatant, blaring, noisy, deafening, roaring, sonorous, strident, vociferous, boisterous, clangorous, clamorous, bellowing, loud
violent (part of speech: adjective)
fierce, brawling, outrageous, intense, broiling, assaultive, savage, furious, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, ferocious, frenzied, fighting, abusive, raging
chaotic (part of speech: adjective)
disorderly, unruly, confused, indistinct, deformed, lawless, fuzzy, incoherent, messy, inconsistent, tempestuous, deranged, loose, undisciplined, uneven, disconnected, rambunctious, blurry, lax, anarchistic, disorganized, embroiled, shapeless, out of control, irregular, frantic, indefinite, inexact, insane, cluttered, amorphous, obscure, discomposed, formless, disarrayed, anarchical, jumbled, disheveled, muddled, perturbed, disintegrated, inchoate, disordered, chaotic
Usage examples:
- Full of that idea I rose and wrote her a letter, strong with all the strength of tumultuous passion. - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
- Then came a storming charge of men rushing in a tumultuous mob over each other's heads, under each other's feet, anywhere, everywhere, to satisfy a craving stronger than a yearning for fame. - "Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War", G. F. R. Henderson.
- Such may well be free from the ills of the flesh, and being so, they complacently attack the less fortunate, those whose lives are tumultuous and heavily- laden with their own and other's needs; applying to them such remarks as, " They might live more regular." - "Dawn", Mrs. Harriet A. Adams.