Tu-mŭlt'ū-ōūs, a.

a. [Fr. tumultueux, Sp. & It. tumultuoso, Lat. tumultuosus.] 1. Full of tumult; conducted with tumult; disorderly. The flight became wild and tumultuous. Macaulay.

2. Greatly agitated; irregular; noisy; confused; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
3. Agitated; disturbed.

His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth, Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. Milton. 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. Syn.—Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious.