different between raging vs tumultuous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?d???/

• Rhymes: -e?d???

Verb

raging

1. present participle of rage

Adjective

raging (comparative more raging, superlative most raging)

1. Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

2. (of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.

Translations

Noun

raging (plural ragings)

1. A display of rage.
   • 1813, Patrick Brontë, The Rural Minstrel

     To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!

Anagrams

• Riggan, gringa

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)

1. Characterized by loud, confused noise. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: noisy, uproarious, see also Thesaurus:noisy
2. 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

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References

Further reading

• tumultuous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia