a state of commotion and noise and confusion

violent agitation

The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly- burly; noisy confusion.

Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.

Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.

To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

The noise and confusion made by a number of excited people; great excitement; riot.

Uproar of a multitude: violent agitation with confused sounds.

Commotion; uproar; violent agitation.

Tumultuous.

Commotion or agitation, as of a multitude; an uproar.

Violent commotion, disturbance or agitation, specially of a multitude, with confusion of sounds; agitation; high excitement; irregular or confused motion; ferment.

The commotion of a multitude of people, with great noise and uproar; wild disorder; uproar; disturbance.

How many souls perish in its tumult! – The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

Her breath, in the first tumult of her thought, came and went deeply. – The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

There was certainly a tumult in the air, but I felt no quivering of the earth." – The Master of the World by Jules Verne

Throughout the evening a strong wind had been blowing about the house; it had ceased, and without having noted the tumult, he was now aware of the calm. – Home Again by George MacDonald

Other cries, then shouts were now heard, for some fisher folk were putting out off shore to discover what all the tumult was about. – The Master Mystery by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey

In the small chamber of the farm- house sat together Hermanric and Antonina, listening in speechless attention to the increasing tumult of the storm. – Antonina by Wilkie Collins

All was tumult in my mind: one moment I stood motionless in utter despair, the next struck with some bright hope. – Tales & Novels, Vol. IX [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond] by Maria Edgeworth

But before the cuckoo had time to say more a sudden tumult filled the air. – The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth

A growing tumult called her back to actual life. – The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann

Yet at every tenderly inquiring glance of hers he felt that the blood must start forth on his forehead, that body and skull must burst from the tumult going on within them. – Children of the Desert by Louis Dodge

It was soon, however, destined to be attracted by objects which startled the repose of the tranquil street with the tumult of action and life. – Antonina by Wilkie Collins

In the evening Rico made his appearance, quite worn out with the noise and tumult of the dances for which he had been obliged to play. – Rico And Wiseli Rico And Stineli, And How Wiseli Was Provided For by Johanna Spyri

They had come there in a mood of tumult- they separated peacefully and went to their own homes, satisfied. – Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

" I see," she said in that small quivering voice of hers that told so little of the wild tumult within her. – The Obstacle Race by Ethel M. Dell

Instantly Theodore leaped to her mind and she was startled at the tumult she felt at the thought of seeing him and his child. – Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber

There was a screaming tumult in the air, a deafening explosion at our feet shook the ground; earth and dust, stones and bits of grass fell all about us, and the roofs of buildings upon either side of us rattled with the fragments of the shell as it burst within a circle of twenty- five yards from the gun. – The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by J. Angus Hamilton

The children woke and added their cries to the tumult. – Ethel Morton at Rose House by Mabell S. C. Smith