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tumultuous

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"Chaotic"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /tjʊˈmʌl.tjʊ.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted lmosttuuuuStarts with TEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

Word origin

From Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

Used in a sentence

  • Down showers tumultuous music from the belfry of Old Trinity— / Merry chiming for His birth, and gave songs for His Divinity!
  • "Flynn! Flynn! Mike Flynn!" came surging a tumultuous roar from the crowd.
  • She leaned very slowly closer and yet closer to the mirror; a rich colour spread over her; her eyes, gazing into themselves, became dreamy, inexpressibly wistful, cloudily sweet; her breath was tumultuous.

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