They made a great tumult last night.
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Tumult
//ˈtjuː.mʌlt//
Synonyms for "tumult" (189 found)
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Related words (94)
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74 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- θόρυβος noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- ταραχή noun (riot or uprising)
- τύρβη noun (violent commotion or agitation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безредици noun (violent commotion or agitation)
- врява noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- глъчка noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- метеж noun (riot or uprising)
Catalan
2 entries- tumult noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumult noun (riot or uprising)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 喧哗 noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Czech
1 entries- nepokoj noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Danish
3 entries- oprør noun (riot or uprising)
- tummel noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumult noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Dutch
3 entries- oproer noun (riot or uprising)
- tumult noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumult noun (riot or uprising)
Esperanto
1 entries- tumulto noun (riot or uprising)
Finnish
4 entries- hulina noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- hälinä noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- kuohunta noun (violent commotion or agitation)
- mekkala noun (noise as made by a crowd)
French
3 entries- bagarre noun (riot or uprising)
- barouf noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- baroufe noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Galician
1 entries- tumulto noun (riot or uprising)
German
4 entries- Aufstand noun (riot or uprising)
- Krach noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- Lärm noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- Tumult noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌽𐌰 noun (riot or uprising)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌿𐍄𐌹 noun (violent commotion or agitation)
Higaonon
1 entries- gobot noun (violent commotion or agitation)
Italian
2 entries- tumulto noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumulto noun (riot or uprising)
Latin
2 entries- clāmor noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumultus noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Macedonian
4 entries- бунт noun (violent commotion or agitation)
- бунт noun (riot or uprising)
- вре́ва noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- ме́теж noun (riot or uprising)
Malayalam
1 entries- ബഹളം noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Māori
1 entries- rarī noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- گورلدی noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Persian
2 entries- سروصدا noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- هیاهو noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jeläw noun (riot or uprising)
Polish
2 entries- tumult noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- zamieszki noun (violent commotion or agitation)
Portuguese
3 entries- clamor noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumulto noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumulto noun (riot or uprising)
Romanian
3 entries- freamăt noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumult noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumulte noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Russian
1 entries- гвалт noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तुमुल noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Slovak
2 entries- bitka noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- vrava noun (noise as made by a crowd)
Spanish
4 entries- alboroto noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- bullicio noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- clamor noun (noise as made by a crowd)
- tumulto noun (riot or uprising)
Swedish
1 entries- tumult noun (riot or uprising)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one.'
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What has caused this tumult?
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They might perchance have soon become enlightened as to the mysteries of love had not a great tumult arose in the surrounding country.
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