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Another word for tumultuous

Adjective

  1. Marked by unrest or disturbance

    2. See also:

    calm

  2. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms

    3. See also:

    calm

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Another word for tumultuous

Modifier
    2. See also:

    turbulent

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Sentence Examples

  • The tumultuous storm was beginning to lose some of its fury.

  • The first session was tumultuous; party feeling ran high, and scurrilous and vulgar epithets were bandied to and fro.

  • He touched his face, tumultuous emotions crossing his face.

  • I shall never forget how the fury of battle throbbed in my veins--it seemed as if the tumultuous beating of my heart would stop my breath.

  • Revolutions have passed from the tumultuous stages of their origin into some settled and recognizable state before we have been called upon to cope with them.

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