Turmoil

Quick meaning: Turmoil is a noun meaning A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

Meaning

A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

More Meanings

1. Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

Example Sentences

And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.

It is her fatal misfortune […] to be thus miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

some notable sophister lies sweating and turmoiling under the inevitable and merciless delimmas of Socrates

The Taoists developed their philosophy during an extended era of turmoil known as the Warring States period of Chinese history.

Word Forms

• turmoils
• turmoiling
• turmoiled

Synonyms for turmoil

Depending on context, synonyms include chaos, disorder, tumult, upheaval, commotion, stir.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disturbance, agitation, to-do, commotion, tumult, stir.

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