tumultuous
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- "the tumultuous years of his administration"
Adj
- Characterized by loud, confused noise.
- Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.
Origin / Etymology
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).
Synonyms
disruptive, riotous, troubled, turbulent, blaring, blasting, booming, cacophonous, chaotic, clamorous, clangorous, clattering, cluttered, deafening, dinsome, disorderly, earsplitting, loud, messy, noisy, obstreperous, piercing, rackety, raucous, resounding, roisterous, rowdy, strepitous, strident, tempestuous, thundering, tumultuary, tumultuous, untidy, uproarious, vociferous
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
tumultuous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtumultuous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tumultuous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary