Definition of Turmoil

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tumult, uproar, commotion
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
  
(v. i.)
To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
  
(n.)
Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
  
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turmoil
\tur"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. and there i'll rest, as after much turmoil, a blessed soul doth in elysium.
turmoil
\tur*moil"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. turmoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. turmoiling.] 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.
turmoil
\tur*moil"\, v. i. to be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [obs.]
turmoil
n
1. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly , to-do]


2. violent agitation [syn: tumult]


3. disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement, upheaval, hullabaloo]



JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Trabludd = n. trouble; turmoil
Twrf = n. a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a clap, a shrink
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
(synonym) convulsion, upheaval
(hypernym) disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
2. violent agitation
(synonym) tumult
(hypernym) agitation
3. disturbance usually in protest
(synonym) agitation, excitement, upheaval, hullabaloo
(hypernym) disturbance
Turmoil Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Turmoil means chaos or disorder. It may also refer to:
  • Turmoil (1984 video game), a 1984 video game released by Bug Byte
  • Turmoil (Transformers), a fictional character
  • Turmoil, a noisecore quintet from Philadelphia, currently signed to Eulogy Recordings
  • Turmoil, a fictional character in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
  • "Team in Turmoil", the second episode of ESPN's minseries The Bronx Is Burning
  • The Triplane Turmoil series, a 1996 video game by Finnish Dodekaedron Software and its sequel
  • Xinhai Lhasa Turmoil, the racial clash in the Lhasa region of Tibet and various mutinies as a result of the Wuchang Uprising
  • Turmoil, Skrillex's original song released on MySpace in 2010

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