tumultuous
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- 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”Synonyms: disruptiveriotoustroubledturbulent
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]