tumultuousness

noun

Definition of tumultuousnessnext
as in turbulence

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumultuousness
  1. turbulence
  2. upheaval
  3. excitement
  4. tumult
  5. commotion
  6. confusion
  7. agitation
  8. unsettlement
Noun
  • Inside Southwest's network operation center in Dallas, Sarah Heugel monitored the cross-country journey, watching for turbulence, bad weather, or airport backups that could cause delays.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Israel should brace itself for more turbulence ahead.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of turbulence
Noun
  • His bitter resentment at this upheaval is startling, even in the annals of Second World War cinema, where fraught farewells in crowded train stations abound.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Adding to the upheaval is the fact that another researcher recently left the company.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of upheaval
Noun
  • Fans immediately flooded the comments with excitement.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The postponement, however, didn’t dampen the excitement.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of excitement
Noun
  • The result of all the tumult has been razor-thin polling margins separating the two candidates for months.
    Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
  • To be sure, there are myriad reasons why the bond market has been in a state of tumult since mid-September, political considerations of a second Trump term being just one of them.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of tumult
Noun
  • After all the commotion loading the swordfish, there was lots of blood in the water, and Ofield was worried about sharks coming to claim their prize.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Consider keeping your pets in a quiet room away from the commotion and from open doors.
    Julia Lamont, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of commotion
Noun
  • For their colleagues, the result is confusion, mistrust and frustration.
    Jonathan Gill, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • According to interviews from The Classic TV History Blog, the actual event took place in Texas and used a truck instead of a helicopter despite some confusion about the origins among the show's personnel.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of confusion
Noun
  • According to Cramer, the wine can either catch the fins or slide over them, resulting in varied levels of agitation.
    Rachel King, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The disease can be associated with physical aggression, agitation, wandering, verbal harassment and refusal of help with personal hygiene, among other behaviors.
    Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2024
Definition of agitation
Noun
  • The third one is transgenerational trauma; the fact that this sense of dispossession, this sense of insecurity, this sense of unsettlement is transferred from generation to generation.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The first sign of unsettlement is when Carl starts bringing mismatched chairs to Jody’s shop, where the play takes place, claiming his own apartment is too small.
    ELISABETH VINCENTELLI, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
Definition of unsettlement
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