tumult

noun

1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.

   “Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.”

2. A violent commotion or agitation, often with a confusion of sounds.

   “the tumult of the elements”

   “the tumult of the spirits or passions”

   “This is what I wanted my story 'Snapshot' to sound like — a very cold surface, with heat and passion beneath. The icy surface is going to break and you're totally engulfed in the tumult.”

   “Football is a game of tumult and glory, of small disappointments and lingering dreams, and Mata has played long enough at the highest level to appreciate these truths.”

3. A riot or uprising.

verb

1. (obsolete)To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

   “Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.”