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Meaning of 'tumultuous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tumultuous [ a.]
- Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
- Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
- Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
- Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.

Meaning of 'tumultuous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tumultuous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Example in sentence:
  • a turbulent and unruly childhood;
  • effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive;
  • riotous times;
  • the tumultuous years of his administration;
  • these troubled areas

Nearby Words:

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