Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TU-MULT'UOUS, a. [Fr. tumultueux.]

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