Vocabulary
Tumultuous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
Urdu meaning
ہنگامہ خیز، پر شور
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- IT has been a tumultuous week on the global stage, with tales of the unexpected ranging from a youthful uprising, massacre and swift regime change in Nepal to the death by shooting of a prominent young far-right activist in Utah.
- IF there was very one obvious lesson from the tumultuous week of conflict we have just left behind, it is that different nations deal with war in remarkably different ways.
- In those tumultuous days, it did seem as if the reality had sunk in.
- By taking credit for nabbing a key antagonist from that tumultuous period, he may have wanted to demonstrate strength against Mr Biden`s perceived weakness.
- T was a year ago when, in the tumultuous aftermath of the 2024 elections, the state banned X.
Synonyms
loud, deafening, thunderous, thundering, ear-shattering, ear-splitting, ear-piercing,
Antonyms
soft, peaceful, uneventful
Curator example
“tumultuous applause”
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