All 7 Uses of
tumult
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes, endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness.
p. 59.0tumult = great disturbance
- They did not appear rich, but they were contented and happy; their feelings were serene and peaceful, while mine became every day more tumultuous.
p. 133.8 *tumultuous = turbulent (confused or disordered)
- I saw him on the point of repeating his blow, when, overcome by pain and anguish, I quitted the cottage, and in the general tumult escaped unperceived to my hovel.
p. 137.9tumult = confusion from a disturbance
- Its fair lakes reflect a blue and gentle sky, and when troubled by the winds, their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean.
p. 169.1tumult = turbulence (unpredictable and changing movements)
- The work was soon finished; in a few minutes a tumultuous sea rolled between me and my enemy, and I was left drifting on a scattered piece of ice that was continually lessening and thus preparing for me a hideous death.
p. 211.6tumultuous = turbulent (moving in unpredictable and varying ways)
- When the sailors saw this and that their return to their native country was apparently assured, a shout of tumultuous joy broke from them, loud and long-continued.
p. 219.1tumultuous = loud and unrestrained
- Frankenstein, who was dozing, awoke and asked the cause of the tumult.
p. 219.1 *tumult = disorderly noise
Definitions:
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(1)
(tumult as in: couldn't hear over the tumult) loud noise -- usually created by an unrestrained crowd or some kind of confusion
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(2)
(tumult as in: tumult in financial markets) confusion or disorder -- often noisy