What's the difference between subdued and tumultuous?

Subdued


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Subdue
  • (a.) Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
  • (a.) Not glaring in color; soft in tone.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So I am, of course, intrigued about the city’s newest tourist attraction: a hangover bar, open at weekends, in which sufferers can come in and have a bit of a lie down in soothingly subdued lighting, while sipping vitamin-enriched smoothies.
  • (2) Hopes that the Queen's diamond jubilee and the £9bn spent on the Olympics would lift sales over the longer term have largely been dashed as growth slows and the outlook, though robust with a growing order book, remains subdued.
  • (3) The director general of the CML, Paul Smee, said: "January is always a subdued month in the mortgage market but the underlying trend and strong year-on-year growth across all borrower groups indicates a strong start to 2014 continuing the sort of lending levels seen throughout 2013.
  • (4) England had started with some well-executed set piece moves, a triangular formation in midfield initially foxing Australia, but it was the Wallabies’ ability to react in open play that marked them out: Foley’s first try, after Israel Folau, otherwise subdued on the night, ran through Robshaw, came after he noticed Ben Youngs had drifted too wide and cut inside the scrum-half and Joe Launchbury before wrongfooting Brown.
  • (5) An investigation by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem concluded that while she did have a knife under her niqab veil she posed no threat to soldiers at the time she was shot and could have been subdued without being fatally wounded.
  • (6) In these cases, the woman’s wardrobe must feature subdued tones.
  • (7) Releasing its quarterly inflation report, the Bank's monetary policy committee admitted that the UK recession was deeper than previously thought and that inflation would stay very subdued for a long time – a signal that interest rates will not rise in the short term.
  • (8) He does not have the ingenuity of Diego Maradona or the lawless wit of Luis Suárez, so does not cast spells over opponents, but he has shown that he can certainly help subdue them and uplift his team.
  • (9) The company blamed the decline in performance on a challenging trading and competitive environment, ongoing subdued consumer sentiment and economic uncertainty, the effect of strong market capacity growth and an unrecovered $27m cost of the carbon tax.
  • (10) And we are hopeful that a recovery in productivity will keep firms' cost pressures subdued," its economists said in a research note.
  • (11) "However, one area of the market which is subdued is remortgaging – all the more surprising when you consider the excellent rates available and the threat of an interest rate rise.
  • (12) Examples included officers punching and using pepper spray on people who have already been subdued, including after they have been handcuffed and at times “as punishment for the person’s earlier verbal or physical resistance”.
  • (13) In the Alevi association, in this subdued but defiant campaign, Demirtaş looked past the cameras, his gaze static and distant, and seemed not to be there.
  • (14) Believing the suspect’s magazine was empty, he chased the gunman in hopes of subduing him.
  • (15) No, Mourinho always wants to win but the priority was certainly to hold the fort – and there is no better team in England when it comes to subduing high-calibre opponents.
  • (16) Forming a coalition will be challenging, while operational considerations must not be subordinate to political ones, Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies told the Guardian: "A coalition in which sectarian Iraqi Shia militias play a key role because these are Baghdad's only or most reliable troops, or in which Kurdish fighters are asked to operate far from their territories, could antagonise the very constituency whose support against Isis is fundamental: the various local Sunni communities who have accommodated or been subdued by Isis."
  • (17) The crowd was initially subdued, having just seen Murray crash out and there were plenty of empty seats when the match began.
  • (18) It had begun as a subdued explosion, really, in the early 1960s, when a new generation of bohemians began to adapt and mutate the culture of the 'Beats' - Jack Kerouac et al - which had installed itself on North Beach during the late 1950s.
  • (19) A subdued Rosberg was in his shoulder-shrugging mood.
  • (20) The results indicate that the extent of DNA degradation to acid-soluble nucleotides is highest in chromatin at the early stages of gonad growth, being drastically subdued in the mature sperm cell.

Tumultuous


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
  • (a.) Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
  • (a.) Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
  • (a.) Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The government part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds-HBOS at the end of a tumultuous month in the global markets following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the American investment bank.
  • (2) In countries such as Sri Lanka, child survival and health for all by the year 2000 often seem to be impossible goals, given the tumultuous socioeconomic and political conditions.
  • (3) Macedonia’s decision to tighten its border with Greece, allowing only Syrians and Iraqis to pass through into the EU, has created tumultuous scenes along its border fence.
  • (4) You had a tumultuous tenure as editor of The Lady during which you got into trouble with the proprietors for carrying an interview with Tracey Emin in which she talked about sewing being a good distraction from masturbation.
  • (5) David Cameron began to form his first government comprised solely of Conservative cabinet members on Friday after being delivered an overall Commons majority by a tumultuous election.
  • (6) However, the case has now been transferred to pre-court.” Criticising the British government over its handling of his wife’s case, Ratcliffe suggested that the tumultuous politics surrounding the EU referendum had lessened interest in her fate.
  • (7) The latest exchanges set the stage for a tumultuous first session of prime minister's questions on Wednesday following the summer break, when the issue of Syria is certain to dominate.
  • (8) The announcement by Conservative party central office that Rowland would not be taking the post due to his "developing business interests" capped a tumultuous summer for the property developer who, soon after the Tories announced that he would take over as their treasurer, became the subject of a string of stories in the Daily Mail that sought to paint his business dealings and personal life in a controversial light.
  • (9) But Rolls is a sound business.” Rishton oversaw a tumultuous period for Rolls that included a string of profit warnings, the first fall in sales for a decade, and the Serious Fraud Office launching an investigation into corruption allegations.
  • (10) Hume has a reputation for restraint rather than excess, for steady endeavour rather than tumultuous creativity.
  • (11) The allegations come at the end of a tumultuous week.
  • (12) I’m delighted.” There were chunks of empty seats in the Hull end at Wembley but the noise inside the stadium was tumultuous, an indication of the stakes at hand.
  • (13) The tumultuous and often bitter EU referendum campaign has left the two rival camps – Remain and Leave – locked in a dramatic dead heat with just four days to go before the British people decide their European future.
  • (14) Prof Gillian Leng, the deputy chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), said that "for many young people on the cusp of adulthood, moving between health and social-care services can be a tumultuous and stressful time.
  • (15) I covered Berlusconi's first successful election, in 1994, after four tumultuous years as Rome correspondent, during which an entire political class had come under investigation and much of it under arrest – even the pillar of Italy's opaque establishment, the prime minister and Christian Democrat leader, Giulio Andreotti.
  • (16) This is a very difficult and tumultuous time for Somalis and Muslims in the US.” The crime of “material support” carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
  • (17) For councils as politically tumultuous as this north-west London borough, the idea that a political leader can provide stability and long-term direction is naive.
  • (18) Poland's recent past has been so much more tumultuous and tragic than ours.
  • (19) 9 November: A tumultuous day begins with an emergency meeting of the system’s governing board and Wolfe resigns.
  • (20) Evidence is presented here that an excess of OT in fetal blood over that found in maternal plasma was associated with hypertonic, irregular, tumultuous or prolonged labor and with mild to moderate fetal hypoxia and fetal distress peculiar to abnormal uterine contractions.