tumult
UK/ˈtjuː.mʌlt//ˈtuː.mʌlt/
tumult noun: confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
Noun
tumult (plural tumults)
- Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
- A violent commotion or agitation, often with a confusion of sounds.
- the tumult of the elements
- the tumult of the spirits or passions
- A riot or uprising.
Verb
tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)
- To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
- Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC
tumult meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
tumult in Hindi
- noise as made by a crowd
- ऊधम ūdham
- violent commotion or agitation
- उत्पात utpāt
- riot or uprising
- दंगा daṅgā, फसाद phasād, उत्पात utpāt
tumult in Urdu
- tumult, commotion, loud noise, uproar
- شور شرابہ śor-śarāba
- tumult
- فتنہ fitna
tumult in Telugu
- tumult, a dispute, contention, argument, altercation
- ఘర్షణ gharṣaṇa
tumult in Malayalam
- noise as made by a crowd
- ബഹളം bahaḷaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- tumult in Kannada
- ಒಟ್ಟಳ, ಅಲ್ಲೋಲ, ಗದ್ದಲ, ಬೊಬ್ಬೆ
- tumult in Punjabi
- ਗਦਰ gadar, بھانبڑ bhāṉbaṛ, واہر vāhar
- tumult in Sanskrit
- तुमुल tumula
- tumult in Assamese
- খেলিমেলি khelimeli, আউল aul
- tumult in Persian
- هیاهو hayâhu, سروصدا sar-o-sedâ
Examples of tumult in a sentence
- The icy surface is going to break and you're totally engulfed in the tumult.1990 December 9, Walta Borawski, quoting Allen Barnett, “'Unfortunately, Life Has Followed Art...'”, in Gay Community News, volume 18...
- Football is a game of tumult and glory, of small disappointments and lingering dreams, and Mata has played long enough at the highest level to appreciate these truths.2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian:
Synonyms of tumult
Forms of tumult
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tumults |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tumults |
| present participle | tumulting |
| past participle | tumulted |
| past | tumulted |
Origin of tumult
From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Words that rhyme with tumult
3 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about tumult
- What does tumult mean?
- Tumult means confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- What is tumult in Hindi?
- Tumult in Hindi is ऊधम (ūdham), उत्पात (utpāt), दंगा (daṅgā). See Tumult meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use tumult in a sentence?
- The icy surface is going to break and you're totally engulfed in the tumult.
- What part of speech is tumult?
- Tumult can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tumult?
- Tumult is pronounced /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tumult?
- The plural of tumult is tumults.
Words near tumult in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tumult (page history and authors); شور شرابہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); ఘర్షణ (Telugu) (page history and authors); tumult (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بھانبڑ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); আউল (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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