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Definition of Turmoil
1. Noun. A violent disturbance. "The convulsions of the stock market"
Generic synonyms: Commotion, Disruption, Disturbance, Flutter, Hoo-ha, Hoo-hah, Hurly Burly, Kerfuffle, To-do
2. Noun. Violent agitation.
3. Noun. Disturbance usually in protest.
Definition of Turmoil
1. n. Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
2. v. t. To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
3. v. i. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
Definition of Turmoil
1. Noun. A state of great disorder or uncertainty. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turmoil
1. to throw into an uproar [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turmoil
Literary usage of Turmoil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1916)
"Pollyanna Grows Up The Rose Garden Husband Jaffery The House of the Misty Star
The turmoil Bealby Jaffery Angela's Business Ruggles of Red Gap ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"There could not but be a great turmoil. turmoil Joy, warlike ardour, the instinctive
longing of the posed fight 01 ' and sup- young soldier in his first ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The dead were satiated with life, and weary of the turmoil of existence. All they
wanted, all they asked for, was rest. Here is another Italian inscription ..."
4. Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River by Joseph Conrad (1895)
"... the fierce turmoil, while under the unsteady hand of the statesman of Sambir
the Trovatore fitfully wept, wailed, and bade good-bye to his Leonore again ..."
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