tumultuous
English
Etymology
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From Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”)[1] + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Hyphenation: tu‧mult‧u‧ous
Adjective
tumultuous (comparative more tumultuous, superlative most tumultuous)
- Characterized by loud, confused noise. [from mid 16th c.]
- Synonyms: noisy, uproarious, see also Thesaurus:noisy
- 1709, Horace, [Wentworth Dillon, 4th] Earl of Roscommon, transl., Horace: Of the Art of Poetry: A Poem, London: Printed and sold by H[enry] Hills, […], →OCLC, page 5:
- Rage with Iambicks, arm'd Archilocus / Numbers for Dialogue and Action fit, / And Favourites of the Dramatick Muſe. / Fierce, Lofty, Rapid, whoſe commanding Sound / Awes the tumultuous Noiſes of the Pit, / And whoſe peculiar Province is the Stage.
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- 1865 February, “Christmas at Trinity”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume XXX, number CLXXVII, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], →OCLC, page 335:
- Down showers tumultuous music from the belfry of Old Trinity— / Merry chiming for His birth, and gave songs for His Divinity!
- 1917 December, Howard Philip Rhoades, “Home Town Homage”, in The Black Cat: Clever Short Stories, volume XXIII, number 3, Salem, Mass.: Shortstory Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 23:
- "Flynn! Flynn! Mike Flynn!" came surging a tumultuous roar from the crowd.
- Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent. [from mid 16th c.]
- Synonyms: riotous, tempestuous, tumultuary, see also Thesaurus:disorderly
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- 1715 July 24, Samuel Rosewell, The Unreasonableness of the Present Riotous and Tumultuous Proceedings: As are Directed against His Majesty King George; and His Faithful Subjects, the Protestant Dissenters: […], London: Printed for M. Lawrence, […], →OCLC, page 17:
- And ſeeing theſe Tumultuous and Rebellious Men do more immediately vent their Malice on ſome of their Fellow-Subjects and Fellow-Protestants, who will be true to their Oaths, and their Obligations to the King, whom God has placed over them, may not one humbly ask, As for theſe Sheep, what have they done? What Cauſe is there whereby an Account may be given of theſe tumultuous Inſurrections against them?
- 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 108:
- The old cavalier stooped his head in token of acquiescence in the command of his Sovereign, but he raised it not again. The tumultuous agitation of the moment had been too much for spirits which had been long in a state of depression, and health which was much decayed.
- 1913, Booth Tarkington, chapter 5, in The Flirt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 71:
- She leaned very slowly closer and yet closer to the mirror; a rich colour spread over her; her eyes, gazing into themselves, became dreamy, inexpressibly wistful, cloudily sweet; her breath was tumultuous.
- 2017 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump Addresses Congress: A Kinder, Gentler President”, in BBC News[1], archived from the original on 2 February 2018:
- In his first address to a joint session of Congress, after a tumultuous first month in office, Mr [Donald] Trump delivered a conventional speech in a conventional manner.
Antonyms
- untumultuous
- (characterized by loud, confused noise): see Thesaurus:quiet
- (causing or characterized by tumult): see Thesaurus:calm
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
characterized by loud, confused noise
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causing or characterized by tumult
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References
- ^ “tumultuous, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1915.
Further reading
tumultuous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia