单词 | tumultuous |
释义 | tumultuousadj. 1. a. Full of tumult or commotion; marked by confusion and uproar; disorderly and noisy; violent and clamorous; turbulent. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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