'Turmoil' definitions:
Definition of 'turmoil'
(from WordNet)
noun
A violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market" [syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval]
noun
Violent agitation [syn: tumult, turmoil]
noun
Definition of 'Turmoil'
From: GCIDE
- Turmoil \Tur"moil\ (t[^u]r"moil) sometimes (t[^u]r*moil"), n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced by E. turn and moil.] Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. [1913 Webster]
- And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Turmoil'
From: GCIDE
- Turmoil \Tur*moil"\ (t[^u]r*moil"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turmoiled (t[^u]r*moil"d); p. pr. & vb. n. Turmoiling.] To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Turmoil'
From: GCIDE
- Turmoil \Tur*moil"\, v. i. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'turmoil'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitation,
- ailment,
- anarchism,
- anarcho-syndicalism,
- anarchy,
- antinomianism,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- arsy-varsiness,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- bother,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- bustle,
- cacophony,
- chaos,
- churn,
- clamor,
- clutter,
- commotion,
- confusion,
- conturbation,
- criminal syndicalism,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disruption,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- dustup,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- fanaticism,
- farrago,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- foment,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- frenzy,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- hash,
- hassle,
- helter-skelter,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- hodgepodge,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry,
- hysteron proteron,
- inquietude,
- jitteriness,
- jitters,
- jumble,
- jumpiness,
- lather,
- litter,
- lynch law,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- melee,
- mess,
- mishmash,
- misrule,
- mob law,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- moil,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- nihilism,
- ochlocracy,
- pandemonium,
- passion,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- pother,
- primal chaos,
- racket,
- rage,
- rampage,
- rebellion,
- restiveness,
- restlessness,
- revolution,
- riot,
- roil,
- rough-and-tumble,
- roughhouse,
- rout,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- ruffle,
- rumpus,
- scramble,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shindy,
- stew,
- stir,
- storminess,
- strife,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- syndicalism,
- tempestuousness,
- to-do,
- tohubohu,
- topsy-turviness,
- topsy-turvydom,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trouble,
- tumble,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- tumultuousness,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- twitter,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unholy mess,
- unrest,
- unruliness,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vortex,
- welter,
- whirl,
- wildness,
- yeastiness,
- zeal,
- zealousness