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单词 tumultuously
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tumultuous

adjective

tu·​mul·​tu·​ous tu̇-ˈməl-chə-wəs How to pronounce tumultuous (audio)
tyu̇-,
tə-,
-chəs;
-ˈməlch-wəs
1
: marked by tumult : loud, excited, and emotional
tumultuous applause
2
: tending or disposed to cause or incite a tumult
the laws … were violated by a tumultuous faction Edward Gibbon
3
: marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval
tumultuous passions
tumultuously adverb
tumultuousness noun

Synonyms

  • cataclysmal
  • cataclysmic
  • convulsive
  • stormy
  • tempestuous
  • turbulent
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Example Sentences

For someone with such a tumultuous inner world, the muscular choice-is-all school of moral philosophy could not be satisfactory. Martha C. Nussbaum, New Republic, 31 Dec. 2001 The tumultuous sensual undercurrent of the Orient had, like water in the desert, gone underground and though perhaps it bubbled up behind courtyard walls, in public places it kept out of sight. Leila Hadley, Give Me the World, (1958) 1999 The teams walked onto the field to tumultuous applause. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999 We were not accustomed to loran, and to pick up a buoy, as I now did with my binoculars, after thirty days of tumultuous seas, at precisely the time and angle that our charted position led us to anticipate, struck me as nothing short of miraculous. Louis Auchincloss, "Atlantic War," in Authors at Sea, Robert Shenk, ed.1997 The returning astronauts were given a tumultuous welcome. The room filled with tumultuous applause. See More
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Word History

Etymology

see tumult

First Known Use

circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

tumultuous

adjective

tu·​mul·​tu·​ous tu̇-ˈməl-chə-wəs How to pronounce tumultuous (audio)
tyu̇-
: characterized by uproar
a tumultuous welcome

tumultuously

adverb

as in turbulently

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • turbulently
  • riotously
  • recklessly
  • chaotically
  • heedlessly
  • haphazardly
  • crazily
  • wantonly
  • aimlessly
  • haphazard
  • uncontrollably
  • confusedly
  • agitatedly
  • desperately
  • frenziedly
  • hectically
  • wild
  • frantically
  • frenetically
  • hotheadedly
  • feverishly
  • haywire
  • wildly
  • topsy-turvy
  • madly
  • berserk
  • amok
  • amuck
  • skittishly
  • hit or miss
  • harum-scarum
  • berserkly
  • pell-mell
  • helter-skelter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • calmly
  • coolly
  • peacefully
  • serenely
  • placidly
  • unconcernedly
  • imperturbably
  • composedly
  • cooly
  • mildly
  • collectedly
  • tamely
  • orderly
  • passively
  • systematically
  • meekly
  • methodically
  • self-possessedly
  • self-composedly
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