TURMOIL

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

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Etymology

Noun

turmoil (usually uncountable, plural turmoils)

A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.

Synonyms

• chaos, disorder

Verb

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

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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

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