tumultuousness
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- noun
- /tjuːˈmʌltʃuəsnəs/
- The tumultuousness of his emotions left him feeling exhausted by the end of the day.
Examples
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I don't really feel like my past ever was... it never brought any tumultuousness to my life.
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The final verse, Crooked I's, reaches the apex of tumultuousness.
Academic text (2016) -
The tumultuousness of the crowd at the concert made it hard to hear anything else.
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During the tumultuousness of the storm, the boat struggled to stay afloat.
Synonyms
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1.0
A situation in which things are untidy and confused
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3.1
A situation with no order where people are confused and cannot act normally
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1.8
A time when things are not organized and people do not know what to think or do
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4.8
A time of great confusion and disorder
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5.1
Great damage and confusion that makes things stop working
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7.3
Violent disorder and chaos that causes damage or a lot of trouble
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4.1
A noisy situation when people are excited or confused
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6.9
A sudden big change that causes confusion and problems
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3.9
A loud, confused noise and activity by a group of people
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6.8
A loud, confused noise made by people arguing or shouting
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8.0
A loud, wild situation of disorder and confusion
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7.7
A noisy, confused situation with a crowd behaving badly
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7.7
A time of strong political or social disorder
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8.2
A noisy scene where people are confused and out of control
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8.5
A mess of things or untidy hair
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7.4
A strong public argument or time of great trouble
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8.4
A very large, messy situation that is hard to fix
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9.6
A noisy, confused situation with many people and activity
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9.9
A noisy disturbance among people in one place
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9.9
A confusing, chaotic situation with many mixed-up parts
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9.9
A noisy argument or fight that makes a place loud and confused
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4.7
A time when many things happen and people are very busy
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9.9
A strong, stormy feeling that causes sudden emotional change
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9.9
A confused, messy situation when plans go wrong
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7.9
A state of confusion where things are unclear or messy
A noisy, confused scene with people moving and shouting
Strong, rough waves and wind at sea that make sailing dangerous
A situation with things all over and people confused
A confused, messy situation where plans go wrong
Antonyms
How Tumultuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
tumultuousness = tumultuous (semi-transparent) = tumult + uous + ness
The noun is a regular -ness nominalization of the adjective 'tumultuous', indicating the state or quality of being tumultuous.
Etymology
Tumultuousness comes from the older word tumult, which comes from Latin tumultus meaning 'uproar' or 'commotion' and from a word meaning 'to swell', so think of noise or feeling swelling up. So, tumultuousness means the state of loud confusion or disorder.