Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tumultuous

Tumultuous (tu*mul"tu*us) , adjective

[Latin tumultuosus: compare French tumultueux.]

1.
Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
The flight became wild and tumultuous. — Macaulay
2.
Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
3.
Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. — Milton
4.
Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.