Definitions for tumult
ˈtu mʌlt, -məlt, ˈtyu-tu·mult

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboilnoun

   a state of commotion and noise and confusion

2. tumult, turmoilnoun

   violent agitation

3. commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumultnoun

   the act of making a noisy disturbance

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tumultnoun

   The noise as made by a crowd.

2. tumultnoun

   A riot or uprising.

3. tumultverb

   To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

   Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. uE000104594uE001 Milton.

4. Etymology: From tumultus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TUMULTnoun

   Etymology: tumulte, Fr. tumultus, Latin.

   1. A promiscuous commotion in a multitude.

   A tumult is improved into a rebellion, and a government overturned by it. Roger L'Estrange.

   With ireful taunts each other they oppose,
   Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose. Alexander Pope.

   2. A multitude put into wild commotion.3. A stir; an irregular violence; a wild commotion.

   What stir is this? what tumults in the heav’ns?
   Whence cometh this alarum and this noise? William Shakespeare.

   Tumult and confusion all embroil’d. John Milton.

   This piece of poetry, what can be nobler than the idea it gives us of the supreme Being thus raising a tumult among the elements, and recovering them out of their confusion, thus troubling and becalming nature. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

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1. tumult

   Tumult generally refers to a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people, or a state of confusion or disorder. It can also refer to a highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tumultnoun

   the commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion

2. Tumultnoun

   violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements

3. Tumultnoun

   irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions

4. Tumultverb

   to make a tumult; to be in great commotion

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tumult

   tū′mult, n. uproar of a multitude: violent agitation with confused sounds: high excitement.—adv. Tumult′ūarily.—n. Tumult′ūariness.—adjs. Tumult′ūary, Tumult′ūous, full of tumult: disorderly: agitated: noisy.—v.i. Tumult′ūate, to make a tumult.—n. Tumultūā′tion.—adv. Tumult′ūously.—ns. Tumult′ūousness; Tumult′us, commotion. [L. tumultus—tumēre, to swell.]

Matched Categories

1. • Agitation
   • Disturbance

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tumult in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tumult in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of tumult in a Sentence

1. Dante Alighieri:

   There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.

2. Wilbur Ross:

   Our immediate concern is whether the AQR and the stress test are sensible and do not go overboard with negativity because of the recent tumult, as long as the treatment of the institutions is fair and not based on wild assumptions, then in principle many of us would be prepared to participate in a rights offering.

3. Chris Christie:

   There's no reason to create tumult in a party that already has a lot of tumult in it.

4. Chris Christie:

   I'm not going to sit here in 2021 and pre-judge all this. I voted for Donald Trump in'16 and in' 20. On election night in' 20, I said that what Donald Trump was doing was absolutely horrible and wrong and continued to be. You can draw whatever conclusions from that you want. But in the end, in 2021, the idea of making predictions for 2024 is folly, there's no reason to create tumult in a party that already has a lot of tumult in it.

5. Washington Post:

   Biden presented himself as an antidote to his predecessor, offering the promise of what his own campaign ads called ‘strong, steady, stable leadership’ after four years of bedlam under President Donald Trump. But the tumult surrounding the administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan offered an early glimpse of the cascade of crises that have badly eroded Biden’s image of restoring calm.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tumult
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tumult
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tumult
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumult
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tumult
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tumult