different between barbarous vs tumultuous
barbarous
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) barbarouse
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b??(?)b???s/
Adjective
barbarous (comparative more barbarous, superlative most barbarous)
- (said of language) Not classical or pure.
- uncivilized, uncultured
- 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
- I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.
- 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
- Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs, John Milton (1673)
Derived terms
- barbarously
- barbarousness
Related terms
- barbarian
- barbaric
Translations
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tumultuous
English
Etymology
From Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultu?sus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”) + -?sus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tj??m?l.tj?.?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /tu?m?l.t?u.?s/, /t?-/
- Hyphenation: tu?mult?u?ous
Adjective
tumultuous (comparative more tumultuous, superlative most tumultuous)
- Characterized by loud, confused noise. [from mid 16th c.]
- Synonyms: noisy, uproarious, see also Thesaurus:noisy
- Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent. [from mid 16th c.]
- Synonyms: riotous, tempestuous, tumultuary, see also Thesaurus:disorderly
Antonyms
- untumultuous
- (characterized by loud, confused noise): see Thesaurus:quiet
- (causing or characterized by tumult): see Thesaurus:calm
Derived terms
- tumultuously
- tumultuousness
- untumultuous
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- tumultuous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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