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tumult 音標拼音: [t'uməlt] n. 騷動,擁擠,混亂 騷動,擁擠,混亂 tumult n 1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [ synonym: { tumult}, { tumultuousness}, { uproar}, { garboil}] 2: violent agitation [ synonym: { tumult}, { turmoil}] 3: the act of making a noisy disturbance [ synonym: { commotion}, { din}, { ruction}, { ruckus}, { rumpus}, { tumult}] Tumult \ Tu" mult\, n. [ L. tumultus; probably akin to Skr. tumula noise, noisy, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell, E. tumid: cf. F. tumulte.] 1. The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly- burly; noisy confusion. [ 1913 Webster] What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? -- 1 Sam. iv. 14. [ 1913 Webster] Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Uproar; ferment; disturbance; turbulence; disorder; confusion; noise; bluster; hubbub; bustle; stir; brawl; riot. [ 1913 Webster]
Tumult \ Tu" mult\, v. i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 163 Moby Thesaurus words for " tumult": Bedlam let loose, ado, affray, agitation, bedlam, blast, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brawl, broil, brouhaha, burst, bustle, cacophony, chaos, charivari, chirm, churn, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, confusion, conturbation, convulsion, din, discomposure, discord, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery- fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free- for- all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussiness, hassle, hell broke loose, helter- skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly- burly, hurry, hurry- scurry, inquietude, insurrection, jangle, jitters, jumpiness, loud noise, maelstrom, malaise, melee, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, passion, pell- mell, perturbation, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, restlessness, rhubarb, riot, roar, roil, rough- and- tumble, roughhouse, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, ruffle, rumble, rumpus, scramble, seethe, seething, shindy, shivaree, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, storminess, sweat, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to- do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, upheaval, uproar, upset, upturn, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness
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