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tumults

tumults is the plural of tumult.

Meaning of tumult

Noun

tumult (plural tumults)

  1. 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
  2. A violent commotion or agitation, often with a confusion of sounds.
    • the tumult of the elements
  3. A riot or uprising.

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Questions about tumults

What is tumults the plural of?
Tumults is the plural of tumult.

Words near tumults in the dictionary

  1. tumult
  2. tumulted
  3. tumulter
  4. tumulters
  5. tumulting
  6. tumults
  7. tumultuarily
  8. tumultuariness
  9. tumultuary
  10. tumultuate
  11. tumultuated

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