Turmoil

Definition: Turmoil

Turmoil

Noun

1. A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused".

2. Violent agitation.

3. Disturbance usually in protest.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "turmoil" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Turmoil

Agitation

Turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology, chorea, floccillation, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus.

Disorder

Turmoil; ferment; (agitation); to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble; whirlwind; bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors; Bedlam, all hell broke loose; bull in a china shop; all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay; pretty kettle of fish; pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business.

Violence

Turmoil; (disorder); ferment; (agitation); storm, tempest, rough weather; squall; (wind); earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm.

Crosswords: Turmoil

Or tumbling in turmoil I say ("Graceland"; performing artist: Paul Simon)

Age of Turmoil (1953)

Television Turmoil (1947)

The Turmoil (1916)

Techno Turmoil (2002)

Teenage Turmoil Vol. 6 (2001)

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Books

• Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil (reference)

• Brave New Church: From Turmoil to Trust (reference)

• Dogs Tags of Courage: The Turmoil of War and the Rewards of Companionship (reference)

• Immigration and Identity: Turmoil, Treatment, and Transormation (reference)

• Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Nation in Turmoil (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Usual Turmoil and Other Duets (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The Streets of our country are in turmoil : the universities are filled with students rebelling ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

Given labor's disdain for both, turmoil between labor and government is bound to persist. (references)

With the collapse of the USSR, followed by economic turmoil and recession, unsubsidized transportation costs made western Russia's domestic market inaccessible for the RFE timber producers, and harvest volumes fell significantly starting in the late 1980's. 1990-1998 was the most painful time for the RFE's forestry sector, when a loss of domestic markets was followed by shrinkage in Pacific Rim markets due to the Asian economic crisis. (references)

Civil Liberties

Laos

In Luang Prabang Province, three prisoners are serving 2- to 3-year terms for peaceful religious activities deemed to be "creating social turmoil." In Oudomxay one person is serving a 12-year sentence and another a 15-year sentence for religious proselytizing, purportedly in coordination with foreigners. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Kenya serves as the major host for refugees from turmoil in Somalia. (references)

Bolivia

His call for elections in 1978 plunged Bolivia into turmoil once again. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Based on recent turmoil, the ICRC has decided to postpone plans to reduce its operations and to delay the departure of some expatriate employees. (references)

Minorities

Turkmenistan

The country has not experienced ethnic turmoil since independence. (references)

Political Economy

ROMANIA

The spreads on Romanian debt have remained stable despite emerging market turmoil dues to Argentina's debt problems. (references)

Travel

Chad

The City of N'Djamena: Formerly called Fort-Lamy, this hundred-year old former French colonial town has grown rapidly since independence in 1960 and its population is now estimated at over 750,000. The city was seriously damaged during the civil war and political turmoil in the 1980's, but it is gradually being rebuilt. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "turmoil": be in a turmoil ♦ in a turmoil ♦ throw into a turmoil. Additional references.

Ending with "turmoil": currency-turmoil.

Albanian

trazirë (bewilderment, commotion, convulsion, disorder, dustup, fuss, hustle, outbreak, pother, qualm, queasiness, queasy, riot, ruction, shindy, turbulence, upheaval), shqetësim (affliction, agitation, anxiety, bother, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, distress, disturbance, fash, fear, feeling, fidget, flurry, fret, Fry, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, moil, perturbation, plague, preoccupation, qualm, restlessness, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, tumult, uneasiness, unrest, vexation, worry), çrregullim (bewilderment, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, dislocation, disorder, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, excess, foul up, hugger mugger, mess, misrule, mix, muddle, muss, upset). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, hugger mugger, jumble, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muddle, muss, rumpus, shambles, topsy turvy, welter), ‏لغط (clamor, clamour, din, shouting, tumult, uproar), ‏إهتياج عظيم, ‏إضطراب (coil, disorder, distraction, disturbance, dust, flurry, flutter, ill, nervousness, perturbation, ramp, rout, ruction, ruffle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, trouble, tumult, turbulence, uneasiness, unrest, uproar). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смут (alarms and excursions, disturbance, perturbation, pother, unrest), размирица (convulsion, perturbation, riot, trouble, tumult, unrest), шум (ado, ballyhoo, bobbery, boom, buzz, clam, coil, discord, murmur, noise, noisiness, pandemonium, pother, rattle, reclame, row, sound, stir, to-do, tumult, uproar), вълнение (agitation, commotion, dither, emotion, excitement, ferment, flurry, gurgitation, heartbeat, lather, nervousness, perturbation, pother, pulse, roughness, snit, stir, surge, tear, throb, to-do, trouble, tumult, unrest, upset). (various references)

Chinese 

變亂 (social upheaval), 动乱, 動蕩 (unrest, upheaval), 動亂 (upheaval). (various references)

Czech

zmatek (anarchy, bewilderment, chaos, circus, clutter, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, embroilment, fluster, hash, hodge-podge, jumble, maze, mess up, mix up, moil, muddle, Mull, nonplus, non-plus, pandemonium, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, shambles, stew, tangle, tempest, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turnup, upset, welter), vřava (hubbub, hullabaloo, hurdy gurdy, hurly burly, roar, tumult, turnup, uproar), nepokoj (commotion, disquiet, turbulence, unrest). (various references)

Dutch

onrust (agitation, alarm, balance, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flutter, fly), gisting (agitation, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flutter), beroering (abetment, agitation, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flutter), agitatie (abetment, agitation, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flutter). (various references)

Esperanto

agito (agitation, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flutter). (various references)

Farsi 

پریشانی (Baffle, Bother, Depression, Distress, Dolor, Nonplus, Ramble, Remorse, Woe), ناراحتی (Ailment, Inconvenience, Irritation), غوغا (Affray, Clamor, Din, Fray, Hubbub, Jangle, Melee, Mob, Pandemonium, Peal, Rave, Riot, Rumpus, Scrimmage, Scuffle, Tumult, Uproar), اشفتگی (Chaos, Consternation, Disorder, Nonplus, Rummage, Tumble, Unrest), بهم خوردگی (Collission, Muss, Revolt). (various references)

Finnish

temmellys (tumult), melske (clamour, uproar). (various references)

French

trouble (turbid), tourmente, désarroi, agitation. (various references)

German

getümmel (agitation, hurly burly, riot, tumult). (various references)

Greek 

αναβρασμόσ (ebullition, effervescence), αναταραχή (agitation, commotion, flurry, unrest), ταραχή (agitation, apprehension, bustle, coil, commotion, consternation, disturbance, flurry, fluster, flutter, frenzy, fuss, outbreak, perturbation, pother, restlessness, riot, row, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scrimmage, stir, trepidation, trouble, turbulence, uproar, welter), οχλαγωγία (commotion, hubbub, riot, rout, row, scrimmage, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�"ומ�" (ado, bedlam, din, disturbance, fracas, mess, muss, pandemonium, riot, rout, ruction, stir, trouble, tumble), מבוכ�" (bewilderment, embarrassment, fix, malaise, maze, mazeiness, perplexity, puzzlement, quandary, tizzy, tumult), קלחת (commotion, kettle, turbulence, uproar), אי ס�"ר (chaos, disarray, disorder, litter, mess, untidiness), א� �"רלמוסי�" (chaos, confusion, disorder, pandemonium, pestilence, plaque, tumult, upheaval). (various references)

Hungarian

kavarodás (hassle, hurly-burly, mix-up, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, scrum, stir, tangled skein), felfordulás (cataclysm, clutter, combustion, commotion, confusion, convulsions, earthquake, hoo-ha, hoopla, huddle, hurly burly, hurly-burly, hurry-skurry, mess, mix, mix-up, muddle, muss, subversion, tangled skein, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, upset, upsetting, whoop-de-doo). (various references)

Italian

tumulto (commotion, disorder, distemper, disturbance, hubbub, riot, tumult, uproar, welter), trambusto (bustle, commotion, confusion, fuss, hustle, racket, stir), parapiglia (confusion), baccano (din, racket, row, rowdyness), agitazione (abetment, agitation, anxiety, bother, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, fret, fussiness, restlessness, state, stir, twitter, uneasiness, unrest, upheaval). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

匈 (Hungary), どう致しまして (beat, confusion, copiously, don't mention it, feeling a shock, feeling shocked or startled, gushingly, in a steady stream, profusely, startling, suddenly disappears somewhere, suddenlyout of nowhere, throb, Who on earth?, you are welcome). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょう (all, and, as well as, assist, bad harvest, bad luck, both, Buddhist scriptures, coerce, co-operation, correct, disaster, entertainment, evil, exposing, Hungary, including, interest, lance, long ages, neither, offer, pleasure, plural ending, present, save, serve, submit, supply, sutra, temporary home, this day, threat, threaten, today, together with, wickedness, with), どさくさ (confusion). (various references)

Korean 

소란 (fuss, turbulence). (various references)

Manx

corvaal (chaos, confusion, mix up, muddle, shambles). (various references)

Pig Latin

urmoiltay

Portuguese

turbilhão (eddy, maelstrom, vortex, whirl, whirlpool), tumulto (affray, agitation, bluster, broil, bruit, clamor, clamour, clutter, colorwash, colourwash, combustion, commotion, confusion, disorder, distemper, donnybrook, faction, gale, hubbub, outcry, pandemonium, rampage, riot, rout, ruction, rumpus, scuffle, shindy, stir, tempest, tumult, turbulence, uproar), perturbação (blankness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, discomposure, disquiet, embarrassment, flurry, fret, fuddle, gall, interference, ruffle, trepidation, turbidity, turbulence, unrest, upheaval), desordem (affray, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, jumble, litter, mess, misrule, muddle, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell-mell, perturbation, riot, rough-and-tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scuffle, stir, topsy-turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, untidiness, uproar, upset), confusão (baffle, bedlam, bother, bungle, clutter, confusion, daze, disarray, discomfiture, discomposure, disturbance, donnybrook, embroilment, entanglement, fog, foul-up, fuddle, intricacy, involution, involvement, jumble, kettle of fish, labyrinth, macaroni, maze, medley, mess, mind-breaker, mingle-mangle, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix-up, moil, muddle, mull, muss, olio, pandemonium, pell-mell, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puddle, puzzle, ravel, rough-and-tumble, rout, shuffle, skein, to-do, tumble, turbidity), barafunda (confusion, mess, muddle, topsy-turvy), agitação (agitation, commotion, disturbance, emotion, excitation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, freak-out, fret, furor, furore, fuss, inquietude, perturbation, popple, racket, rattle, riot, ruffle, rush, shake, state, tempest, to-do, tremor, trepidation, tumult, turbulence, unrest, upheaval). (various references)

Romanian

tumult (noise, riotousness, rout, tumult), zarvã (ado, affray, altercation, bobbery, brawling, bustle, clutter, din, dispute, dust, fuss, hubbub, kerfuffle, noise, pother, racket, riot, row, rumpus, scandal, to-do, tumult, uproar), vacarm (din, hubbub, hurly burly, noise, racket, splatter-dash, splutter, uproar), harababurã (confusion, fuss, glory-hole, hubbub, jumble, mess, mix up, motley, muddle, pease meal, pell mell, welter), învãlmãşealã (bustle, confusion, crowd, hubbub, scrimmage, scuffle, scurry, squash, stampede, stir, struggle, throng). (various references)

Russian 

суматоха (bustle, clutter, fuss, helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, jumble, kerfuffle, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, ruffle, rumpus, splutter, to-do, tumult, tumults), беспорядок (bewilderment, box-up, chaos, clutter, confusion, disarray, disorder, disorganization, huddle, hugger mugger, litter, mess, messroom, misrule, mix, muss, pell mell, tangle, tumble, turbulence, untidiness, upset). (various references)

Scottish

c� blaid. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nemir (alarm, disturbance, inquietude, restlessness, riot, turbulence, unrest), metež (helter-skelter, hubbub, pell mell, pother, scuffle, trouble, tumult, uproar, upset), gungula (commotion, fracas, hubbub, huddle, ruction). (various references)

Spanish

tumulto (commotion, disorder, disturbance, hullabaloo, noise, tempest, tumult, uproar), trastorno (dislocation, disorder, disruption, disturbance, trouble, upset), estruendo (blare, bluster, clamor, clamour, clang, clangor, clangour, clash, clatter, confusion, crash, din, noise, ostentation, peal, pomp, racket, roar, smash, thunder, uproar), disturbio (commotion, disorder, disturbance, riot, trouble, wash), desorden (chaos, clutter, confusion, defile, disarray, disorder, lawlessness, litter, muddle, muss, turbulence, unrest, untidiness), confusión (abashment, baffle, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, fluster, fog, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, knockabout, litter, maze, mess, mix up, mix-up, muddle, mystification, perplexity, pother, puzzlement, shambles, tangle, welter), barahúnda (hubbub, pell mell, pellmell, racket), baraúnda, alboroto (ballyhoo, brawl, commotion, disturbance, fracas, hubbub, hurly burly, mayhem, noise, rampage, riot, rowdiness). (various references)

Swedish

villervalla (babel), vild oordning, kaos (chaos, pandemonium, shambles, snafu, tangle, welter), batalj (action, battle, fight, scuffle, struggle, tussle). (various references)

Turkish

telaş (ado, alarm, bustle, commotion, directness, discomposure, disturbance, excitement, ferment, fever, flap, flurry, flutter, fume, fuss, fussiness, haste, hastiness, helter-skelter, hurry, panic, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, pucker, racket, ruffle, rush, stir, storm, taking, tingle, tizzy, to-do, whirl), hengâme (ballup, jungle, rat race, rout, ruckus, ruction, shambles, tailspin, tumult, uproar), gürültü (ado, bang, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clatter, coil, crash, din, discord, dustup, fracas, hoi polloi, hubble bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, pandemonium, peal, pong, pother, racket, rag, razzle-dazzle, roar, roaring, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, sound, to-do, tumult, turbulence, uproar, welter). (various references)

Ukrainian

метушня (ado, alarm, bustle, buzz, clutter, flurry, fuss, helter-skelter, hurly burly, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, romps, rough and tumble, splutter, stir, stirabout, to-do, whirl). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự rối loạn (confusion, convulsion, disorder, disorderliness, misrule, muss, rout, turn-up, welter), sự náo động (excitement, ferment, fermentation, flurry, fluster, riot, tumultuousness). (various references)

Welsh

trabludd (trouble, tumult). (various references)

tyrbe. (various references)

trimodia, turba, turbae, turbam, turbarum, turbas, turbis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "turmoil": turmoiled, turmoiling, turmoils. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Turmoil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Burmola, termiol, termoil, tormoil, Tortoal, tourmoil, trumeau, tumoil, turmil, turmiol, turmoid, turmoils, turmol, turnmoil. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ultimo.

-2 letters: lirot, moult, triol, tumor.

-3 letters: limo, litu, loti, lour, lout, milo, milt, moil, molt, mort, omit, riot, roil, roti, rotl, rout, tirl, tiro, toil, tolu, tori, tour, trim, trio.

-4 letters: lit, lot, lum, mil, mir, mol, mor, mot, mut, oil, ort, our, out, rim, rom, rot, rum, rut, til, tom, tor, tui.

+1 letter: turmoils.

+2 letters: multiform, multiroom, mutilator, simulator, trifolium, tumorlike, turmoiled.

+3 letters: modularity, morulation, multicolor, multigroup, multipolar, multipower, multisport, multistory, mutilators, sclerotium, simulators, stimulator, timorously, tourmaline, trifoliums, turmoiling, ultramicro, unmorality, ureotelism, volumetric.

+4 letters: antitumoral, calumniator, clostridium, coulometric, customarily, fluorimeter, fluorimetry, formulating, formulation, illuminator, importunely, manipulator, microtubule, morulations, multiauthor, multicarbon, multicolors, multicourse, multifactor, multiparous, multiplexor, multisource, prothallium, rambouillet, stimulators, stimulatory, tetrazolium, tourmalines, ureotelisms, uricotelism, voluntarism.