tumultuous
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- "the tumultuous years of his administration"
Adj
- Characterized by loud, confused noise.
- Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.
Origin / 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).
Synonyms
blaring, blasting, booming, cacophonous, chaotic, clamorous, clangorous, clattering, cluttered, deafening, dinsome, disorderly, disruptive, earsplitting, loud, messy, noisy, obstreperous, piercing, rackety, raucous, resounding, riotous, roisterous, rowdy, strepitous, strident, tempestuous, thundering, troubled, tumultuary, tumultuous, turbulent, untidy, uproarious, vociferous
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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