tumultuous.

1. Loud, excited, and disordered.

2. Marked by intense disturbance, conflict, or rapid unsettled change.

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Words that belong together

• tumultuous applause
• tumultuous crowd

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Tumultuous applause drowned the final words of the speech.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more tumultuous; superlative most tumultuous when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.