Tumult
['tjuːmʌlt] or ['tumʌlt]
Definition
(noun.) violent agitation.
(noun.) a state of commotion and noise and confusion.
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Definition
(n.) The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
(n.) Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.
(n.) Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.
(v. i.) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
Editor: Michel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Uproar, affray, fray, brawl, feud, row, altercation, squabble, quarrel, outbreak, strife, MÊLÉE, general RIOT.[2]. Commotion, disturbance, stir, agitation, breeze, ferment, confusion, huddle, pother, ado, bustle, flurry, noise, fuss, TO-DO.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Uproar, ferment, disturbance, turbulence, mutiny, insubordination, excitement,outbreak, fray, bustle, distraction, turmoil, disorder, confusion, noise,bluster, brawl, riot
ANT:Peace, pacification, subsidence, quiet, tranquillity, order, orderliness
Checker: Rudolph
Definition
n. uproar of a multitude: violent agitation with confused sounds: high excitement.—adv. Tumult′ūarily.—n. Tumult′ūariness.—adjs. Tumult′ūary Tumult′ūous full of tumult: disorderly: agitated: noisy.—v.i. Tumult′ūate to make a tumult.—n. Tumultūā′tion.—adv. Tumult′ūously.—ns. Tumult′ūousness; Tumult′us commotion.
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Examples
- No; I do not desire to return to the world, with all its tumult, ambitions, and fret. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- That ravenous second hunger of poverty--the hunger for money--roused them into tumult and activity in a moment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In his field as inventor and man of science he stands as clear-cut and secure as the lighthouse on a rock, and as indifferent to the tumult around. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They will have heard all the tumult, Fieldhead and the cottage are so near; and Hortense is timid in such matters--so, no doubt, is Mrs. Pryor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Plague, earthquake, and famine, And tumult and war, The wonderful coming Of Jesus declare! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It has never, accordingly, been the occasion of any tumult or civil commotion in any country in which it has once been established. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The tumult of Elizabeth's mind was allayed by this conversation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Something within me, faintly answering to the storm without, tossed up the depths of my memory and made a tumult in them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was indeed the hour to put away work, but why that sudden hush--that instant quell of the tumult? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The tumult of cessation from lessons was already breaking forth, but it sank at her voice. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Without hesitating longer, I hurried from the chamber in the direction of the greatest tumult. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In so extensive a country as Scotland, however, a tumult in a remote parish was not so likely to give disturbance to government as in a smaller state. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You know I've been lying all day with the sick-headache; and there's been such a tumult made ever since you came, I'm half dead. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They carried him through the wild roar, a hush in the midst of all the tumult; and took him to the cottage where Death was already. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My soul was in tumults; I traversed the streets with eager rapidity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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