tumultuous

CEFRB2

/tjʊˈmʌl.tjʊ.əs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very noisy, confused, or full of disorder.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.

Examples

  • Fadil and Layla had a tumultuous love story.

  • Layla and Sami had a tumultuous marriage.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /tə-/
  • /tjʊˈmʌl.t͡ʃʊ.əs/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Characterized by loud, confused noise.

More examples

In context

  • Down showers tumultuous music from the belfry of Old Trinity— / Merry chiming for His birth, and gave songs for His Divinity!

  • "Flynn! Flynn! Mike Flynn!" came surging a tumultuous roar from the crowd.

  • 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.

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Origin

adjective

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).