turmoil
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turmoil
- /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/ UK
Where it comes from
Unknown. First appears c. 1526. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).
noun turmoils
- A state of great disorder or uncertainty. In the turmoil of her anxiety for her lover she had agreed to marry him; but the perception that had accompanied her happiest hours on this account was rather that of self-sacrifice than of promotion and honour.
- Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
verb turmoils · turmoiling · turmoiled
- To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. Lord, who would liue turmoyled in the Court, / And may enioy such quiet walkes as these?
- To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. It is her fatal misfortune […] to be thus miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: disturbance, agitation, to-do, commotion, tumult, stir, hullabaloo, disruption, upheaval, excitement, hurly burly, mayhem, chaos, disarray, muddle, mess
Translations
Every language
noun a state of great disorder or uncertainty
| Español | desorden, turbulencia, dificultad, tumulto, julepe |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 騒動, 混乱 |
| 中文 | 騷亂 /骚乱 sāoluàn |
| Português | desordem, tumulto, caos |
| Français | chaos, désordre, tourmente, tumulte |
| Deutsch | Aufruhr, Tumult, Unruhe, Unordnung |
| Italiano | caos, disordine, scompiglio |
| Ελληνικά | αναταραχή anatarachí, οχλαγωγία ochlagogía, σάλος sálos, αναβρασμός anavrasmós, ταραχή tarachí |
| Română | haos, dezordine, incertitudine, tumult |
| Русский | смяте́ние smjaténije, потрясе́ние potrjasénije, беспоря́док besporjádok, сумато́ха sumatóxa, ха́ос xáos, хао́с xaós |
| Tiếng Việt | sự náo động |
| العربية | مَعْمَعَة maʕmaʕa |
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title = {turmoil},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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