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tumultuous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disruptive, riotous, troubled, turbulent |
| Derivation | tumult, tumultuousness |
the tumultuous years of his administration.
Examples of tumultuous
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He talks with immediacy about events separated from now by a tumultuous century.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I went through a tumultuous divorce in New York, and things get magnified there.
From the chron.com
Because by its very nature, life in the American inner city is a tumultuous one.
From the theatlantic.com
He covered the tumultuous Free Speech Movement and the ordeals of the UC system.
From the latimes.com
He set the tumultuous tone in the preseason, the focused tone during the season.
From the dailynews.com
Very reasonably, this week's tumultuous events may have you hungry for the past.
From the businessweek.com
She grew up in a very politically active family at a tumultuous time in Britain.
From the washingtontimes.com
Unfortunately, this one involves the messy final chapter of his tumultuous life.
From the independent.co.uk
Yet, after two tumultuous seasons, Florida returned to college football's elite.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Disruptive: characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"
- (tumultuously) in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously"
- (tumultuousness) tumult: a state of commotion and noise and confusion
- Noisy and disorderly; Causing tumult
