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noun

Tumult n.

The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion. "What meaneth the noise of this tumult?" "Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose."

Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.

Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.

Synonyms: Uproar; ferment; disturbance; turbulence; disorder; confusion; noise; bluster; hubbub; bustle; stir; brawl; riot.

verb

Tumult v. i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. (Obs.) "Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt."

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"Tumult" Quotes from Famous Books

... started slowly forward. The cadet sprang to the wheel, his mind in a wild tumult as he strove to think ...

— A Prisoner of Morro - In the Hands of the Enemy • Upton Sinclair

... of the cabin and plunged into the thicket. As he ran on and on, the tumult behind him faded away. The recent cold snap had formed a crust on the snow, and he made pretty good progress. Now and then, however, he struck weak spots and broke through to his knees. At the end of half-an-hour he ventured to stop. He seated himself on a log and strapped his snowshoes on securely. ...

— The Camp in the Snow - Besiedged by Danger • William Murray Graydon

... I said, we must try them with enchantments—that is the third sort of test—and see what will be their behaviour: like those who take colts amid noise and tumult to see if they are of a timid nature, so must we take our youth amid terrors of some kind, and again pass them into pleasures, and prove them more thoroughly than gold is proved in the furnace, that we may discover whether they are armed against all enchantments, ...

— The Republic • Plato

... attempt to raise the veil which hides from the world the strongest and purest affections of our nature: they were never intended for the common eye. But now, after the first rapture of meeting had subsided, there arose a tumult within the soul of our affectionate and grateful little Maggie: her heart urged her in two opposite directions. She felt, in an ardent and uncommon degree, that instinctive love of kindred which is implanted in our ...

— Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight - Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside • Emily Mayer Higgins

... lady, some naked, some dressed, and which she used for exhibiting fashions upon. But, greatly to the horror of the spectators, who accounted these figures to be magical devices, there was, on their being shown, "heard a crack from the scaffold, which caused great fear, tumult, and confusion, among the spectators and throughout the hall, every one fearing hurt, as if the devil had been present, and grown angry to have his workmanship showed to such as were not his own scholars." ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

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