Tumult definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TU'MULT, n. [L. tumultus ... and confusion of voices. What meaneth the noise of this tumult? 2 Samuel 4. Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose. 2. Violent commotion or agitation with confusion of sounds; as the tumult of the elements. 3. Agitation; high excitement; irregular or confused motion; as the tumult of the spirits or passions. 4. Bustle; stir. TU'MULT, v.i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. WordNet (r) 3.0 ( ...
Tumultuous definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TUMULT'UOUS, a. Conducted with tumult; disorderly; as a tumultuous conflict; a tumultuous retreat. 1. Greatly ... 3. Turbulent; violent; as a tumultuous speech. 4. Full of tumult and disorder; as a tumultuous state or city. WordNet (r ... Merriam Webster's adjective Date: circa 1548 1. marked by tumult < tumultuous applause > 2. tending or disposed to cause or incite a tumult < the laws…were violated by a tumultuous faction — Edward Gibbon ... Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 noisily vehement; uproarious; making a tumult (a tumultuous welcome). 2 disorderly. 3 agitated. Derivatives: tumultuously ...
... n. 1. Agitation; as the commotion of the sea. 2. Tumult of people; disturbance; disorder, which may amount at times to ... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused ... making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult] 3: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl ... agitation. [What] commotion in the winds ! --Shak. 2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot. When ye shall hear of wars and ... anything without some commotion.'' --Clarendon. Syn: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance; tumult; disorder; violence. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (commotions) A commotion is ... English Synonyms n. 1. Agitation, disturbance, perturbation. 2. Turmoil, turbulence, tumult, disorder, violence, bustle, disturbance, pother, ado, to do. Moby ...
... TUR'BULENCE TUR'BULENCY, n. [See Turbulent.] A disturbed state; tumult; confusion; as the turbulence of the times; turbulence in political affairs. 1. Disorder or tumult of the passions; as turbulence of mind. 2. Agitation; tumultuousness ... a result of atmospheric disturbance. 3 a disturbance, commotion, or tumult. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Turbulence Tur"bu*lence, n. [L ... The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. --Shak. The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. --Southey. Syn: Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness; termagance; unruliness; insubordination; rioting. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1 ... an hour. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Tumult, uproar, disturbance, turmoil, commotion, disorder, confusion, agitation, tumultuousness, unruliness. ...
Broil definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BROIL,n. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; contention; discord,either between individuals or in ... transitive verb embroil IV. noun Date: 1525 a noisy disturbance ; tumult; especially brawl < a tavern row…widens into a general broil ... OF bruler burn f. Rmc 2. n. a row; a tumult. Etymology: obs. broil to muddle: cf. EMBROIL Webster's 1913 ... G. br["u]hl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout.] A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either ... in what situation you please. --Burke. Syn: Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar. Webster's ...
... disturbance. 2. Interruption of a settled state of things; disorder; tumult. We have read much at times of disturbances in Spain ... me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset] 3: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused ... instance of disturbing; the process of being disturbed. 2 a tumult; an uproar. 3 agitation; worry. 4 an interruption. 5 Law ... Burke. 3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult. The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against ... franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. --Blackstone. Syn: Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation ... Perturbation, excitement, discomposure, annoyance, agitation. 3. Interruption, hindrance, molestation. 4. Tumult, excitement, disorder, riot, émeute, rising, uproar. Moby Thesaurus abashment, ...
Uproar definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UP'ROAR, n. Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor. The Jews who ... 1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil] 2: loud confused noise from many sources ... commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a tumult; a violent disturbance. Etymology: Du. oproer f. op up + roer ... Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But ... also a N Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Tumult, disturbance, commotion, confusion, turmoil, hubbub, clamor, racket, din, vociferation, noise ... storminess, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, upset, vociferation, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, ...
... of the L. turba,turbo, turma, or of turn.] Disturbance, tumult; harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult. There I'll rest, as after much turmoil A blessed ... stock market" [syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval] 2: violent agitation [syn: tumult, turmoil] 3: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement, turmoil ... by E. turn and moil.] Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after ... oft in N Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Tumult, agitation, disturbance, disorder, turbulence, confusion, commotion, uproar, bustle, huddle, hurly ... do, tohubohu, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumble, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, twitter, unease, uneasiness, unholy mess, ...
... d Each on his rock transfix'd-- 2. A violent tumult or commotion; as a popular or political tempest; the tempest ... tempus time Date: 13th century 1. a violent storm 2. tumult, uproar II. transitive verb Date: 14th century to raise a ... n. 1 a violent windy storm. 2 violent agitation or tumult. Etymology: ME f. OF tempest(e) ult. f. L tempestas ... Each on his rock transfixed. --Milton. 2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war ... or snow, and sometimes with thunder and lightning). 2. Excitement, tumult, disturbance, commotion, turmoil, perturbation, violent outbreak. Moby Thesaurus agitation, black ... rage, tempestuous wind, thick squall, thundersquall, thunderstorm, tornado, tropical cyclone, tumult, turbulence, typhoon, ugly wind, unrest, upheaval, uproar, violent blow, ...
... This is supposed to be the same as pother.] A tumult; a confused noise; bustle. [Vulgar.] PUD'DER, v.i. To make a tumult or bustle. PUD'DER, v.t. To perplex; to embarrass ... D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter, Pudder.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] ``What a pother ... p. pr. & vb. n. Puddering.] [Cf. Pother.] To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss ... s 1913 Dictionary Pudder Pud"der, n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. ``All in a pudder.'' --Milton ...
... were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Tumult; disturbance of the peace of society; as, the city is ... Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. --Shak. 4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy ... derangement. ``Disorder in the body.'' --Locke. Syn: Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See ... derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorganization, irregularity, jumble, want of order. 2. Tumult, disturbance, commotion, riot. 3. Turbulence, tumultuousness, riotousness. 4. Distemper, complaint ... tizzy, to-do, tohubohu, topsy-turviness, tousle, trepidation, trepidity, tumble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, turn, twitter, unadherence, unadhesiveness, unclearness, unconformism ...
... 1828 Dictionary RI'OT, n. 1. In a general sense, tumult; uproar; hence technically, in law, a riotous assembling of twelve ... uproar, or disturbance made by revelers 2. a. public violence, tumult, or disorder b. a violent public disorder; specifically a tumultuous ... cf. OD. revot, ravot.] 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. His headstrong riot hath no curb. --Shak. 2. Excessive and ... Easton Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Tumult, uproar, disturbance, commotion, broil, brawl, outbreak, fray, affray, altercation, squabble ... terrorize, thrust and parry, tilt, to-do, tourney, triumph, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, tussle, unrest, unruliness, uprising, uproar, upspear, upsprout, vandalize ...
... of an animal body. 2. Any violent and irregular motion; tumult; commotion; as political convulsions. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion. Those two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion, to ... Milton. Times of violence and convulsion. --Ames. Syn: Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (convulsions) 1. If someone has ... of English Synonyms n. 1. Spasm, cramp. 2. Agitation, disturbance, tumult, commotion. Moby Thesaurus Homeric laughter, Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal ... total change, tottering, transilience, traumatic epilepsy, trembling, trismus, tsunami, tumor, tumult, ucinate epilepsy, upheaval, upset, upset stomach, upturn, vertigo, violent change ...
... To rise in the morning. [Colloquial.] STIR, n. 1. Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words, this ... Stir, n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words, this ... bed in the morning), get up. III. n. 1. Agitation, tumult, bustle, excitement, confusion, hurry, movement, activity, flurry, ado, fidget, fuss. 2. Disorder, tumult, uproar, commotion, public disturbance, seditious commotion. 3. Agitation of mind ... to-do, touch, touch a chord, travel, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, turn on, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest ...