Tumult
- v. i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
- n. The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
- n. Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.
- n. Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.