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tur·moil

 (tûr′moil′)
n.
A state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult: a country in turmoil over labor strikes.

[Origin unknown.]
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turmoil

(ˈtɜːmɔɪl)
n
violent or confused movement; agitation; tumult
vb
archaic to make or become turbulent
[C16: perhaps from turn + moil]
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tur•moil

(ˈtɜr mɔɪl)

n.
1. a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet.
2. Obs. hard labor; toil.
[1505–15; orig. as v.: to agitate; of uncertain orig.]
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Turmoil

 of porpoises: [From the disturbed water where they meet and sport.]
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turmoil


Past participle: turmoiled
Gerund: turmoiling

Imperative
turmoil
turmoil
Present
I turmoil
you turmoil
he/she/it turmoils
we turmoil
you turmoil
they turmoil
Preterite
I turmoiled
you turmoiled
he/she/it turmoiled
we turmoiled
you turmoiled
they turmoiled
Present Continuous
I am turmoiling
you are turmoiling
he/she/it is turmoiling
we are turmoiling
you are turmoiling
they are turmoiling
Present Perfect
I have turmoiled
you have turmoiled
he/she/it has turmoiled
we have turmoiled
you have turmoiled
they have turmoiled
Past Continuous
I was turmoiling
you were turmoiling
he/she/it was turmoiling
we were turmoiling
you were turmoiling
they were turmoiling
Past Perfect
I had turmoiled
you had turmoiled
he/she/it had turmoiled
we had turmoiled
you had turmoiled
they had turmoiled
Future
I will turmoil
you will turmoil
he/she/it will turmoil
we will turmoil
you will turmoil
they will turmoil
Future Perfect
I will have turmoiled
you will have turmoiled
he/she/it will have turmoiled
we will have turmoiled
you will have turmoiled
they will have turmoiled
Future Continuous
I will be turmoiling
you will be turmoiling
he/she/it will be turmoiling
we will be turmoiling
you will be turmoiling
they will be turmoiling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been turmoiling
you have been turmoiling
he/she/it has been turmoiling
we have been turmoiling
you have been turmoiling
they have been turmoiling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been turmoiling
you will have been turmoiling
he/she/it will have been turmoiling
we will have been turmoiling
you will have been turmoiling
they will have been turmoiling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been turmoiling
you had been turmoiling
he/she/it had been turmoiling
we had been turmoiling
you had been turmoiling
they had been turmoiling
Conditional
I would turmoil
you would turmoil
he/she/it would turmoil
we would turmoil
you would turmoil
they would turmoil
Past Conditional
I would have turmoiled
you would have turmoiled
he/she/it would have turmoiled
we would have turmoiled
you would have turmoiled
they would have turmoiled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.turmoil - a violent disturbanceturmoil - a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
commotion, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, disruption, disturbance, flutter - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
2.turmoil - violent agitationturmoil - violent agitation      
agitation - the feeling of being agitated; not calm
3.turmoil - disturbance usually in protestturmoil - disturbance usually in protest  
disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
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turmoil

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

turmoil

noun
1. A state of discomposure:
Informal: lather, stew.
2. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace:
Informal: flap, to-do.
3. A state of uneasiness and usually resentment brewing to an eventual explosion:
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Translations
إضْطِراب، هياج
zmatek
oprør
ringulreiî, uppnám
jukasnemiers

turmoil

[ˈtɜːmɔɪl] Nconfusión f, desorden m; (mental) → trastorno m
we had complete turmoil for a weekdurante una semana reinó la confusión
to be in turmoil [person] → estar totalmente confuso; [house] → estar alborotado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

turmoil

[ˈtɜːrmɔɪl] n (political, economic)bouleversement m; (in person's life)bouleversement m
in turmoil [economy, nation] → en plein bouleversement
to be in turmoil [economy, nation] → être en plein bouleversement; [person, life, mind, marriage] → être en plein bouleversement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

turmoil

nAufruhr m; (= confusion)Durcheinander nt; he was glad to escape from the turmoil of politicser war froh, dass er sich aus der Hektik der Politik zurückziehen konnte; everything is in a turmoilalles ist in Aufruhr; her mind was in a turmoilsie war völlig verwirrt; her mind was in a turmoil of indecisionsie wusste überhaupt nicht mehr, wie sie sich entscheiden sollte
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

turmoil

[ˈtɜːmɔɪl] nconfusione f, tumulto
to be in a turmoil → essere in uno stato di confusione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

turmoil

(ˈtəːmoil) noun
a state of wild confused movement or disorder. The crowd / His mind was in (a) turmoil.
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References in classic literature ?
Out of the turmoil and horror that had begun with Aunt Juley's illness and was not even to end with Leonard's death, it seemed impossible to Margaret that healthy life should re-emerge.
Moncharmin and Richard were the shipwrecked mariners amid this motionless turmoil of a calico sea.
Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all; amid confusion and chaos, your array may be without head or tail, yet it will be proof against defeat.
I left my narrative in the quiet shadow of Limmeridge church--I resume it, one week later, in the stir and turmoil of a London street.
He tied some metal mugs to a dog's tail and turned him loose, and he tore around and around the place in a frenzy of fright, with all the other dogs bellowing after him and battering and crashing against everything that came in their way and making altogether a chaos of confusion and a most deafening din and turmoil; at which every man and woman of the multitude laughed till the tears flowed, and some fell out of their chairs and wallowed on the floor in ecstasy.
Mercedes and I are not much alarmed about the horse, although this part of Spain is in something of a turmoil, politically, at present, and there is a good deal of lawlessness.
Mile after mile, it still led the way southward, till we left the country behind us, and passing through the din and turmoil of the great city, stopped under the shadow of the ancient Tower, within view of the river that runs by it.
He invaded the turmoil and tumble of the down-town streets and learned to breathe maledictory defiance at the police who occasionally used to climb up, drag him from his perch and beat him.
"Yes, I mustn't think, I must do something, drive somewhere, and most of all, get out of this house," she said, feeling with terror the strange turmoil going on in her own heart, and she made haste to go out and get into the carriage.
The wonderful turmoil went on--presently a bright spark sprung from a blade, and that blade broken in several pieces, sent one of its fragments flying to the ceiling.
A horrid turmoil of mind and body; bursting sobs; broken, vanishing thoughts, now of indignation, now of remorse; broken elementary whiffs of consciousness, of the smell of the horse-hair on the chair bottom, of the jangling of church bells that now began to make day horrible throughout the confines of the city, of the hard floor that bruised his knees, of the taste of tears that found their way into his mouth: for a period of time, the duration of which I cannot guess, while I refuse to dwell longer on its agony, these were the whole of God's world for John Nicholson.
The greater part of the men, discouraged, their spirits worn by the turmoil, acted as if stunned.