Definitions for tumultuous

tumultuous tu·mul·tu·ous

Spelling: [too-muhl-choo-uh s, tyoo-]
IPA: /tuˈmʌl tʃu əs, tyu-/

Tumultuous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in tumultuous (lmosttuuuu).

Definitions for tumultuous

adjective

  1. full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar:
  2. raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy:
  3. highly agitated, as the mind or emotions; distraught; turbulent.

Origin of tumultuous

1540-50; Latin tumultuōsus, equivalent to tumultu(s) tumult + -ōsus -ous

Examples for tumultuous

When he awoke, he saw, as in a mirror, a solution to the tumultuous drama of his life.

He tore his hair, and beat his breast, with tumultuous agony.

The decision to cease operations at the multi-site church is the culmination of a tumultuous year.

William Marshal was born in 1147, and his life was tumultuous from the beginning.

They continued to smoke, but their meditations were tumultuous and revengeful.

And by 1918 there had been a tumultuous upheaval of the four dynasties that dominated East and Central Europe.

Bonnet, false front, and spectacles were tossed in a tumultuous pile.

Exploring the pangs of this tumultuous relationship is what most attracted Kent to this project.

Ferdinand Cheval was born the son of peasants in the tumultuous, newly democratic France.

"This book, at least, must be true," ran his tumultuous thoughts.

Word Value for tumultuous
Scrable

12

Words with friends

18

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