tumultuous
pronunciation
How to pronounce tumultuous in British English:
UK [tju:ˈmʌltʃuəs]
How to pronounce tumultuous in American English:
US [tuˈmʌltʃuəs]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Word Origin
- tumultuous (adj.)
- 1540s, from Middle French tumultuous (Modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuosus "full of bustle or confusion, disorderly, turbulent," from tumultus (see tumult). Related: Tumultuously; tumultuousness.
Example
- 1. The past fortnight has been tumultuous for rio tinto .
- 2. The prospect of the top two executives of hsbc leaving simultaneously caps a tumultuous week in european banking .
- 3. Later , as night fell over the tumultuous capital , gunfire could be heard in the distance .
- 4. It is still possible that changes in wind patterns and longer-term natural climate shifts may slow the currently tumultuous process of decline .
- 5. But given the tumultuous state of global capital flows , it is not entirely surprising .