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tumult
[ too-muhlt, tyoo- ]
noun
- violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar:
The tumult reached its height during the premier's speech.
Synonyms: turbulence, disorder
- a general outbreak, riot, uprising, or other disorder:
The tumult moved toward the embassy.
Synonyms: mutiny, revolution, revolt
- highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling; turbulent mental or emotional disturbance:
His placid facade failed to conceal the tumult of his mind.
Synonyms: perturbation, excitement
tumult
/ ˈtjuːmʌlt /
noun
- a loud confused noise, as of a crowd; commotion
- violent agitation or disturbance
- great emotional or mental agitation
Word History and Origins
Origin of tumult1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tumult1
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Example Sentences
The tumult was such that young Sarah had cause to worry that she might not get even a glimpse of Will and Kate.
Could it be that after holding on to very relative stability during three years of regional tumult, Lebanon now faced all-out war?
Amid some media tumult, the first President Bush had to come out and say in essence, hey, kidding.
Jordan also became famous off the court, both for his gambling and for tumult in his personal life.
He was, however, also caught up in the tumult of his ailing marriage to Ava Gardner.
Call ye the name of Pharao king of Egypt, a tumult time hath brought.
And from all sides in wild confusion flewThe dust and leaves, the branches and the stones,With hideous tumult, inconceivable.
At the end of the opera the Emperors portrait was brought on the stage, and an indescribable tumult followed.
At that moment she had noticed the change in the man she had so gradually grown to love, and her heart was beating in wild tumult.
His object in making such a tumult around the boat was evidently to learn whether the men on board were asleep.
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