TUMULT'UOUS, a. Conducted with tumult; disorderly; as a tumultuous conflict; a tumultuous retreat.
1. Greatly agitated; irregular; noisy; confused; as a tumultuous assembly or meeting.2. Agitated; disturbed; as a tumultuous breast.3. Turbulent; violent; as a tumultuous speech.4. Full of tumult and disorder; as a tumultuous state or city.