TUMULT'UOUS, adjective Conducted with tumult; disorderly; as a tumultuous conflict; a tumultuous retreat. 1. Greatly agitated; irregular; noisy; confused; as a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 2. Agitated; disturbed; as a tumultuous breast. 3. Turbulent; violent; as a tumultuous speech. 4. Full of tumult and disorder; as a tumultuous state or city.
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