Thesaurus: turmoil

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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.
4. n. a violent disturbance
5. n. violent agitation
6. n. disturbance usually in protest
7. Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak. 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. Spenser. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.] Milton.
8. Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance;worrying confusion.And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth inElysium. Shak.
9. n:100 n a violent disturbance n violent agitation n disturbance usually in protest