agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
(noun) disturbance usually in protest
tumult, turmoil
(noun) violent agitation
convulsion, turmoil, upheaval
(noun) a violent disturbance; “the convulsions of the stock market”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
turmoil (usually uncountable, plural turmoils)
A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.
• chaos, disorder
turmoil (third-person singular simple present turmoils, present participle turmoiling, simple past and past participle turmoiled)
(obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
(obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"moil, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced by E. turn and moil.]
Definition: Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak.
Tur*moil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turmoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Turmoiling.]
Definition: To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.] It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Spenser.
Tur*moil", v. i.
Definition: To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
