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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈtuː.mʌlt/
• 韻: -ʌlt

名詞

tumult (plural tumults)

1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
   • 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.

2. Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.

   the tumult of the elements

   the tumult of the spirits or passions

   • 1990 December 9, Walta Borawski, quoting Allen Barnett, “'Unfortunately, Life Has Followed Art...'”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 7:

     This is what I wanted my story 'Snapshot' to sound like — a very cold surface, with heat and passion beneath. The icy surface is going to break and you're totally engulfed in the tumult.

   • 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian‎:

     Football is a game of tumult and glory, of small disappointments and lingering dreams, and Mata has played long enough at the highest level to appreciate these truths.

3. A riot or uprising.

同意語

• uproar
• ruckus

関連する語

• tumultuous

動詞

tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)

1. (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.