Definitions for tumultuous
tuˈmʌl tʃu əs, tyu-tu·mul·tuous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulentadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tumultuousadjective

   Noisy and disorderly

2. tumultuousadjective

   Causing tumult

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

1. Tumultuousadjective

   Etymology: from tumult; tumultueux, Fr.

   1. Put into violent commotion; irregularly and confusedly agitated.

   The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
   Hurry’d him aloft. John Milton.

   His dire attempt; which nigh the birth
   Now rowling, boils in his tumultuous breast,
   And like a devilish engine back recoils
   Upon himself. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   The vital blood, that had forsook my heart,
   Returns again in such tumultuous tides,
   It quite o’ercomes me. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   2. Violently carried on by disorderly multitudes.

   Many civil broils, and tumultuous rebellions, they fairly overcame, by reason of the continual presence of their King, whose only person oftentimes contains the unruly people from a thousand evil occasions. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   3. Turbulent; violent.

   Nought rests for me in this tumultuous strife,
   But to make open proclamation. William Shakespeare.

   Furiously running in upon him with tumultuous speech, he violently raught from his head his rich cap of sables. Richard Knolles.

   4. Full of tumults.

   The winds began to speak louder, and as in a tumultuous kingdom, to think themselves fittest instruments of commandment. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Tumultuousadjective

   full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent

2. Tumultuousadjective

   conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting

3. Tumultuousadjective

   agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed

4. Tumultuousadjective

   turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tumultuous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tumultuous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tumultuous in a Sentence

1. Stacey Robinault:

   The spouse is always the prime suspect, and it doesnt help that her friends are saying that she told them about a tumultuous relationship, she said in an email. Speaking generally, Baden said recent past injuries could be evident on a victims body, depending on how old they are. In some cases, certain injuries can be present for many weeks. You take a discolorationits purple or blue or red or yellow or green and look at it under the microscope, one can get a good idea of how long theyve been there, Baden said. ALEXIS SHARKEYS MOM CONVINCED FOUL PLAY TO BLAME IN DAUGHTERS DEATH Tom Sharkey told local ABC13 he and his wife did not fight before she left that Friday, but he He added:I know what my life was with my wife.

2. Usamah Bhatti:

   Japanese manufacturers signalled a broad stabilisation in operating conditions at the end of a tumultuous year.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   A report was published by special counsel Robert Mueller and we hope that this tumultuous situation will die down and we can finally move on to building more professional, constructive dialogue between Russia and the State Mike Pompeo.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   Republican leadership can't get its tumultuous president on board with anything, the breakdown of compromise is poisoning this Congress and it all comes down to President Trump.

5. Rachel Bovard:

   Senate Democrats are rolling into an election with a historically unpopular president and no answers to a tumultuous economy, inflation at the highest point in decades, and food, housing, and gas prices through the roof, that, more than anything, is determinative of where they may end up electorally.

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