1 : marked by tumult : loud, excited, and emotional tumultuous applause. 2 : tending or disposed to cause or incite a tumult the laws … were violated by a tumultuous faction— Edward Gibbon. 3 : marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval tumultuous passions.
How do you use the word tumultuous?
Tumultuous Sentence Examples
- The tumultuous storm was beginning to lose some of its fury.
- The first session was tumultuous; party feeling ran high, and scurrilous and vulgar epithets were bandied to and fro.
- He touched his face, tumultuous emotions crossing his face.
Is tumultuous positive or negative?
Tumultuous is the adjective version of the noun tumult. A tumult, from the Latin tumultus, is an uproar or commotion, something that disrupts the usual routine or causes excitement (usually in a negative sense, and especially on a wide scale).
