tumultuous
tu·mul·tuous
adjective
1.
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- “effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive”
- “riotous times”
- “these troubled areas”
- “the tumultuous years of his administration”
- “a turbulent and unruly childhood”
Origin
From Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
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