'Maelstrom' definitions:
Definition of 'maelstrom'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Maelstrom'
From: GCIDE
- Maelstrom \Mael"strom\, n. [Norw., a whirlpool.]
- 1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. Hence: any large or powerful whirlpool.
- Syn: whirlpool, vortex. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Also (Fig.) An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, a maelstrom of vice. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'maelstrom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitation,
- back stream,
- backflow,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- bother,
- botheration,
- brouhaha,
- burst,
- bustle,
- Charybdis,
- churn,
- commotion,
- confusion,
- conturbation,
- countercurrent,
- counterflow,
- counterflux,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- dizzy round,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fit,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- flutteration,
- flutteriness,
- foment,
- fume,
- fury,
- fuss,
- fussiness,
- gulf,
- gurge,
- gyre,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly-burly,
- inquietude,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- Maelstrom,
- malaise,
- moil,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- perturbation,
- pirouette,
- pother,
- rat race,
- reel,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regurgitation,
- restlessness,
- roil,
- round,
- rout,
- row,
- scramble,
- seethe,
- seething,
- spasm,
- spin,
- spurt,
- stew,
- stir,
- storm,
- surge,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- turn,
- twirl,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unquiet,
- unrest,
- upset,
- vortex,
- wheel,
- whirl,
- whirlpool,
- whirlwind