tumultuous

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
tumultuous (adjective)
1.
marked by loud, excited, and emotional - tumult 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 or upheaval - turbulence tumultuous passions
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
tumultuous (adjective)
1.
marked by sudden or violent disturbance
SYNONYMS:
cataclysmal ( cataclysmic), stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent
RELATED WORDS:
fitful, spasmodic, sporadic; boisterous, clamorous, furious, noisy, riotous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
calm, peaceful, placid, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled
tumultuous (adjective)
2.
marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements
SYNONYMS:
rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent
RELATED WORDS:
blustering, blustery, raging, violent; brutal, harsh, severe; roily, unquiet, unsettled; bleak, inclement, nasty, raw, squally
NEAR ANTONYMS:
calm, halcyon, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, tranquil; bright, clear, clement, cloudless, fair, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded
tumultuous (adjective)
3.
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
SYNONYMS:
bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out ( knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, volcanic
RELATED WORDS:
barbarous, brutal, savage, vicious; antagonistic, hostile; aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent; combustible, volatile; agitated, frantic, frenzied, mad; cataclysmal ( cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
calm, halcyon, pacific, serene, tranquil; nonbelligerent, unaggressive
nonviolent, peaceable, peaceful
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