What does "tumultuous" mean?
Tumultuous: Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
Additional senses
- 2.Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. Milton.
- 3.Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. -- Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness, n.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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