Tumultuous

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. Macaulay.

2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.

3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. Milton.

4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.

Synonyms: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly, adv. Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness, n.