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单词 tumultuous
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tumultuousadj.

/tjuːˈmʌltjuːəs/
Forms: Also 1500s -eous, 1600s -ious.
Etymology: < Old French tumultuous, French tumultueux, < Latin tumultuōsus full of tumult, bustle, or confusion: < tumultus tumult n.: see -ous suffix.
1.
a. Full of tumult or commotion; marked by confusion and uproar; disorderly and noisy; violent and clamorous; turbulent.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [adjective]
riotousc1431
unruly1439
tumultuous1548
rioting1567
brabbling1577
roaring1584
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [adjective]
troublousc1449
unquiet?1520
troublesome1548
tumultuous1548
disturbed1593
hurly-burly1598
wild1600
unsettled1605
routing1634
tumultuary1650
dissettled1673
embroiled1709
weltering1831
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxiij Suche, as in the last tumulteous busines, toke part with..Fauconbrige.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 210v They..disturbed his tale with their tumultuous crye.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 274 After 30 yeeres tumultuous reigne.
1739 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 214 I do indeed go out into the highways and hedges, but not in a tumultuous manner.
1837 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone (new version) ii, in Poet. Wks. (new ed.) IV. 62 Tumultuous noises filled the hall.
1840 N. Hawthorne Sir W. Pepperell in Biogr. Sketches (1879) 193 The tumultuous advance of the conquering army.
1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 160 Embarking in tumultuous haste.
b. Tending to excite tumult; seditious. Obsolete.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [adjective]
seditious1455
factious1533
factiosea1573
tribunitious1600
incendiary1614
tumultuousa1617
tribunitian1637
seditionary1898
fomentary2013
a1617 [implied in: S. Hieron Present for Caesar in Wks. (1620) II. 442 Swaggering, and tumultuousnesse, and carelesnesse. (at tumultuousness n.)].
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Tumultuous, seditious, full of trouble.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 122 An unlawfull, and tumultuous designe.
1679 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 27 Tumultuous and seditious petitions.
c. Causing tumult; disturbing, disquieting. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] > causing
unrestfulc1384
uneasy1483
uneaseful1515
unquiet1534
turmoiling?1550
perturbing1559
disquieting1576
disturbing1594
uncomfortable1599
tumultuous1604
disturbanta1617
disquietous1619
perturbatious1630
ugly1645
discomposing1663
unsettling1665
disquietfula1677
disordering1744
disconcerting?1749
pothering1817
disturbative1842
unsteadying1865
upsetting1872
shattering1924
off-putting1935
neuralgic1977
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Tumultuous, troublous, disturbing or disquieting.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. vi. §3. 280 The tumultuous newes of Lysimachus his victories.
2. Making a tumult or commotion; acting in a disorderly and noisy way; turbulent, riotous.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > riotous
tempestousc1374
tempestuous1447
uproarish1550
tumultuous1576
routious1602
tumultuary1650
ramp1678
mobbish1695
royet1737
riotous1775
rumbustiousa1777
rumbustical1779
rampageous1800
rioty1819
rampacious1836
tempestive1848
1576 A. Fleming tr. Lentulus in Panoplie Epist. 49 He might..fortifie, with his ayde,..those tumultuous villaines.
1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. xvii. §6 The promised Prince of peace..should not be sought amongst the tumultuous hosts of warre.
1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 300 The fierce Curetes..trod tumultuous Their Mystic Dance.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxi. 471 His house was beset by a tumultuous crowd.
3. Of physical actions or agents: Marked by disorderly commotion; acting or moving irregularly and violently; confusedly agitated; tempestuous.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > agitated
unquieta1398
vexed?1440
stirred1483
wrought1511
totteringa1535
turmoilous1553
turbulent1573
disturbed1593
trepidat1605
agitated1614
distracted1632
commoving1647
tumultuous1667
jumbling1687
unpacifica1750
uneasy1816
commoved1847
turmoily1877
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > violent or tumultuous
woodc1100
wilda1250
stormya1340
tempestousc1374
tempestuous1447
raging1535
combustious1593
blustering1595
combustuous1611
tumultuous1667
tempestive1848
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 936 The strong rebuff of som tumultuous cloud Instinct with Fire. View more context for this quotation
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. viii. 303 A sudden and very tumultuous ebullition ensued.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. ix. 104 The action of the heart tumultuous.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. ix. 97 A roaring and tumultuous river.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 124 The far-off rooks' sweet tumultuous voice.
4. figurative of, or in reference to, emotion or thought.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated
high-wrought1579
feverous1587
tremulous1611
feverish1637
overwound1640
gestient1644
overwrought1648
twittering1648
fevereda1657
tumultuous1667
wrought-up1688
flustered1743
trepidatinga1774
flurried1775
wrought1778
riled1825
tête montée1825
worked up1831
tumultuating1854
trepidant1891
tremorous1897
wroughted1905
goosy1906
hotted-up1923
steamed1923
spooky1926
antsy-pantsy1944
antsy1950
agitato1964
amped1967
wired1970
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 16 His dire attempt, which nigh the birth Now rowling, boiles in his tumultuous brest. View more context for this quotation
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 61 He..found his Thoughts tumultuous.
1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 102 Tumultuous joy.
1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 272 A tumultuous dream.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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