"tumultuous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /tjʊˈmʌl.tjʊ.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tuˈmʌl.t͡ʃu.əs/ [General-American], /tə-/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-tumultuous.ogg [Australia] Forms: more tumultuous [comparative], most tumultuous [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tewh₂-}}, {{der|en|fro|tumultuous}} Old French tumultuous, {{cog|fr|tumultueux}} French tumultueux, {{der|en|la|tumultuōsus||restless, turbulent}} Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), {{m|la|tumultus||disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement}} tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”), {{m|la|-ōsus|pos=suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns}} -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns) Head templates: {{en-adj}} tumultuous (comparative more tumultuous, superlative most tumultuous)
  1. Characterized by loud, confused noise. Synonyms: noisy, uproarious, noisy Translations (characterized by loud, confused noise): مُضْطَرِب (muḍṭarib) [masculine] (Arabic), صَاخِب (ṣāḵib) [masculine] (Arabic), խռովահույզ (xṙovahuyz) (Armenian), шумен (šumen) (Bulgarian), буен (buen) (Bulgarian), 沸沸揚揚 (Chinese Mandarin), 沸沸扬扬 (fèifèiyángyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), rumoerig (Dutch), äänekäs (Finnish), meluisa (Finnish), riehakas (Finnish), tumultuoso [masculine] (Galician), tumultuosa [feminine] (Galician), confuso (Italian), caotico (Italian), zgiełkliwy [masculine] (Polish), шу́мный (šúmnyj) (Russian), бу́йный (bújnyj) (Russian), возбуждённый (vozbuždjónnyj) (Russian), तुमुल (tumula) (Sanskrit), bučan (Serbo-Croatian), tumultuoso (Spanish), tumultartad (Swedish), галасли́вий (halaslývyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tumultuous-en-adj-vg3n2gZ- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'characterized by loud, confused noise': 93 7
  2. Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent. Synonyms: riotous, tempestuous, tumultuary, disorderly Translations (causing or characterized by tumult): безреден (bezreden) (Bulgarian), tumultuós [masculine] (Catalan), tumultuosa [feminine] (Catalan), 動蕩 (Chinese Mandarin), 动荡 (dòngdàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 雜沓 (Chinese Mandarin), 杂沓 (zátà) (Chinese Mandarin), rumoerig (Dutch), tumultema (Esperanto), sekasortoinen (Finnish), melskeinen (Finnish), kuohuva (Finnish), tumultuaire (French), tumultueux [masculine] (French), tumultueuse [feminine] (French), orageux [masculine] (French), orageuse [feminine] (French), tumultuoso [masculine] (Galician), tumultuosa [feminine] (Galician), უწესრიგო (uc̣esrigo) (Georgian), ხმაურიანი (xmauriani) (Georgian), tumultuarisch (German), tumultuoso [masculine] (Italian), tumultuosa [feminine] (Italian), tempestoso (Italian), tumultuōsus [masculine] (Latin), tumultuōsa [feminine] (Latin), tumultuōsum [neuter] (Latin), omveltende (Norwegian), séissilbech (Old Irish), tumultuário [masculine] (Portuguese), tumultuária [feminine] (Portuguese), bȗran (Serbo-Croatian), бу̑ран (Serbo-Croatian), tumultuoso (Spanish), bullicioso (Spanish), tempestuoso (Spanish), бурхли́вий (burxlývyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cyffrous (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tumultuous-en-adj-G~vjK2Ka Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'causing or characterized by tumult': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tumultuously, tumultuousness, untumultuous Related terms: tumult, tumultuary, tumultuate, tumultuation, tumultus, tumulus

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          "text": "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?",
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          "text": "A tumultuous waterway, the Yangtze ranks second after the Amazon in terms of discharge. Fed by copious amounts of melting snow and also heavy rains, the river's flow is 10 times greater than China's Huang Ho (Hwang River, Huanghe; also known in English as the Yellow River).",
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          "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
          "word": "უწესრიგო"
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          "ref": "1709, Horace, translated by [Wentworth Dillon, 4th] Earl of Roscommon, Horace: Of the Art of Poetry: A Poem, London: Printed and sold by H[enry] Hills, […], →OCLC, page 5",
          "text": "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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          "text": "Down showers tumultuous music from the belfry of Old Trinity— / Merry chiming for His birth, and gave songs for His Divinity!",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "\"Flynn! Flynn! Mike Flynn!\" came surging a tumultuous roar from the crowd.",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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?",
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          "ref": "2007, Laurie Burnham, Rivers, Chelsea House, page 43",
          "text": "A tumultuous waterway, the Yangtze ranks second after the Amazon in terms of discharge. Fed by copious amounts of melting snow and also heavy rains, the river's flow is 10 times greater than China's Huang Ho (Hwang River, Huanghe; also known in English as the Yellow River).",
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          "ref": "2017 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump Addresses Congress: A Kinder, Gentler President”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2018-02-02",
          "text": "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.",
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      "roman": "muḍṭarib",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "مُضْطَرِب"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ṣāḵib",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "صَاخِب"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xṙovahuyz",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "խռովահույզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šumen",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "шумен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "buen",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "буен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "沸沸揚揚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèifèiyángyáng",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "沸沸扬扬"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "rumoerig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "äänekäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "meluisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "riehakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "confuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "caotico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zgiełkliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šúmnyj",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "шу́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bújnyj",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "бу́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozbuždjónnyj",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "возбуждённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tumula",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "तुमुल"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "bučan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "tumultuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "word": "tumultartad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "halaslývyj",
      "sense": "characterized by loud, confused noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галасли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezreden",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "безреден"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "動蕩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dòngdàng",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "动荡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "雜沓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zátà",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "杂沓"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "rumoerig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "tumultema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "sekasortoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "melskeinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "kuohuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "tumultuaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultueuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orageux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orageuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uc̣esrigo",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "უწესრიგო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xmauriani",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "ხმაურიანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "tumultuarisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "séissilbech"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "tempestoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tumultuōsa"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
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      "word": "tumultuōsum"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "omveltende"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tumultuária"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "bȗran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "бу̑ран"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "tumultuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "bullicioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "tempestuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "burxlývyj",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бурхли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "causing or characterized by tumult",
      "word": "cyffrous"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tumultuous"
}

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