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Dictionary: tu·mul·tu·ous   (tʊ-mŭl'chū-əs, tyʊ-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly: tumultuous applause.
  2. Tending to cause tumult.
  3. Confusedly or violently agitated.
tumultuously tu·mul'tu·ous·ly adv.
tumultuousness tu·mul'tu·ous·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Marked by unrest or disturbance: stormy, tempestuous, turbulent. See calm/agitation.
  2. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calm/agitation.

Antonyms: tumultuous
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adj

Definition: confused; in an uproar
Antonyms: calm, orderly, peaceful


WordNet: tumultuous
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  Synonyms: disruptive, riotous, troubled, turbulent


Translations: Tumultuous
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stormende, oprørt, heftig, vild

Nederlands (Dutch)
tumultueus

Français (French)
adj. - tumultueux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wild, stürmisch, erregt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θυελλώδης, ταραχώδης, θορυβώδης

Italiano (Italian)
tumultuoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tumultuoso (m), agitador (m), desordenado (m)

Русский (Russian)
шумный, буйный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tumultuoso, agitado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tumultartad, stormande, stormig, upprorisk, våldsam, häftig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
吵闹的, 骚乱的, 纷乱的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 吵鬧的, 騷亂的, 紛亂的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 떠들썩한, 산란한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 騒がしい, 騒々しい, 騒動を起こす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشاغب, صاخب, عنيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רועש, קולני, נרגש, סוער‬


 
 
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