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noun

Tumult n.

The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion. "What meaneth the noise of this tumult?" "Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose."

Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.

Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.

Synonyms: Uproar; ferment; disturbance; turbulence; disorder; confusion; noise; bluster; hubbub; bustle; stir; brawl; riot.

verb

Tumult v. i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. (Obs.) "Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt."

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Etymology of 'Tumult'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tumult" Quotes from Famous Books

... incurable confusion again in the healing wounds of Ireland, and feuds and frantic folly broke out at every point of the social and political edifice. And then a bomb burst at Sarajevo that silenced all this tumult. The unstable polity of Europe heeled over like ...

— Soul of a Bishop • H. G. Wells

... Afar where sky and waters meet A white-robed Figure walketh on the sea (Peace goes before Him and her face is sweet.) As once He trod the waves of Galilee He comes again—the tumult sinks to rest, The stormy waters ...

— Current History, A Monthly Magazine - The European War, March 1915 • New York Times

... everywhere there began tumult and sound, as if voices above and below the water. On the Lei rose flames, the Fairy stood above, at that time, and beckoned with her right hand clearly and urgently to the infatuated Knight, while with a staff in her left hand ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... lifted to the golden sky Ablaze beyond the black roofs of the square, As flame on flame leapt, flourishing in air Its tumult of red stars exultantly, To the cold constellations dim and high; And as we neared, the roaring ruddy flare Kindled to gold your throat and brow and hair Until you burned, a ...

— Georgian Poetry 1916-17 • Various

... country, and thus making for himself a great and quiet fame. But the outward tendencies around him have proved too powerful for his inward nature, and have drawn him into the arena of political tumult, there to contend at disadvantage, whether front to front, or side by side, with the brawny giants of actual life. He becomes, it may be, a name for brawling parties to bandy to and fro, a legislator of the Union; a governor ...

— Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories • Nathaniel Hawthorne

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