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
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
