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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a state of commotion and noise and confusion;
[syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tumultuous \Tu*mul"tu*ous\ (t[-u]*m[u^]l"t[-u]*[u^]s), a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.] 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. [1913 Webster] The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. [1913 Webster] 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. [1913 Webster] His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. [1913 Webster] Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. [1913 Webster] -- Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tumultuousness n 1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil]