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A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] Howell.

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. John v. 4. God looking forth will trouble all his host. Milton.

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

Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. "A tumultuary conflict." Eikon Basilike. A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry. Macaulay. Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. De Quincey.

Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.

Disturbed; confused; disordered. " Such turbid intervals that use to attend close prisoners." Howell.

To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.] Milton.

back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself. -- To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder. This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died. Shak.

To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.

Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appeared unembarrassed.

To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled." Dryden.

o move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

o v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 266-268.

ossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea. Confused with working sands and rolling waves. Addison.