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Definition of Tumultuous
1. Adjective. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination. "A turbulent and unruly childhood"
Similar to: Unquiet
Derivative terms: Disrupt, Riot, Tumult, Tumultuousness, Turbulence
Definition of Tumultuous
1. a. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
Definition of Tumultuous
1. Adjective. Noisy and disorderly ¹
2. Adjective. Causing tumult ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tumultuous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumultuous
Literary usage of Tumultuous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"... a violent and tumultuous manner (which from Its present nature must be peculiarly
an offense against the peace of the public) ; and yet. at common law, ..."
2. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1911)
"CHAPTER VA tumultuous YEAR (1878} ON these great questions, which cut so deep
into heart and mind, the importance of taking what they think the best course ..."
3. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1911)
"CHAPTER VA tumultuous YEAR (1878) ON these great questions, which cut so deep
into heart and ... BOOK OF 1878 Mr. Gladstone spoke as ' a tumultuous year. ..."
4. Governments and Parties in Continental Europe by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1896)
"FRANCE. is liable to occasional outbreaks when the spirit of disorder becomes
epidemic; but the French Chamber of Deputies is especially tumultuous, and, ..."
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