Tumultuous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tumultuous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Tumultuous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumultuous adj 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" Synonym(s): disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuous \Tumul"tuous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.] 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay. 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton. 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. -- {Tumul"tuously}, adv. -- {Tumul"tuousness}, n.