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tumult Definition

tu·mult (to̵̅o̅mult, tyo̵̅o̅-)

noun

  1. noisy commotion, as of a crowd; uproar
  2. confusion; agitation; disturbance
  3. great emotional disturbance; agitation of mind, etc.

Etymology: ME tumulte < MFr < L tumultus, a swelling or surging up, tumult < tumere, to swell: see tumor

tumult Synonyms

tumult

n.

tumult Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • battle: By the 19th century in Acomb, the tumult of battle had long been replaced by the turmoil of industry.
  • voice: He heard the song break into a tumult of voices and cease.
  • bazaar: How shall the woman's message reach unto her Above the tumult of the packed bazaar?
  • applause: In a tumult of applause I sat down: I saw Sapt smiling over his wine, and Fritz frowning.
  • thought: For several minutes, no one either moved or spoke, being subject to a tumult of thoughts and feelings.
  • sound: By 3:30 in the afternoon, the place had reached a tumult of sound.

Possessives

  • today: By then the global media and communication scene will make today's tumult seem like a quiet Sunday in Bath.

Converse of object

  • hear: And then did he hear a tumult and wailing, both at once.
  • produce: The Secularist says that Christianity produced tumult and cruelty.
  • quell: The proprietor applied to the Mayor who exercised himself to quell the tumult by swearing in two constables and reading the Riot Act.
  • boil: Standing back from the boiling tumult, we have already asked one question; will everyone in the United Kingdom ever have broadband access?
  • raise: I should love a port pie, the very thought " raises tumults in my breast " as the hymn has it!

Adjective modifier

  • popular: Seldom has there been a popular tumult leading to greater results.
  • great: The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose in the city.
  • wild: Outside, the sea and the descending torrents of rain were mixing in a wild tumult of spray and foam.
  • 'pleasant: Charivari Agréable means a 'pleasant tumult ' which seems most appropriate.
  • violent: Then he became aware of a violent tumult at his side.
  • general: The cries of the victims were drowned out by the general tumult.

Modifies a noun

  • outside: He was dimly aware that the tumult outside had changed its character, was in some way beating, marching.
tumult Quotes

Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war!

—Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The tumult and the shouting diesö The captains and the kings departö Still standsThine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forgetölest we forget! See Bible 95:31.

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

   And when the tumult dwindled to a calm, I left him practising the hundredth psalm.

—Rochdale

   Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit. We should not listen to those who like to affirm that the voice of the people is the voice of God, for the tumult of the masses is truly close to madness.

—Alcuin

Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone, Sweet though in sadness.

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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