Definitions for turmoil
ˈtɜr mɔɪltur·moil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.3 / 3 votes

1. convulsion, turmoil, upheavalnoun

   a violent disturbance

   "the convulsions of the stock market"

2. tumult, turmoilnoun

   violent agitation

3. agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloonoun

   disturbance usually in protest

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. turmoilnoun

   A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

2. Etymology: origin. Perhaps from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Turmoilnoun

   Trouble; disturbance; harrassing uneasiness; tumultuous molestation. Little in use.

   Etymology: derived by Stephen Skinner from tremouille, French, a mil-hopper, more probably derived from moil, to labour.

   He seeks, with torment and turmoil,
   To force me live and will not let me die. Edmund Spenser.

   There I’ll rest, as after much turmoil
   A blessed soul doth in elysium. William Shakespeare.

   Blinded greatness ever in turmoil,
   Still seeking happy life, makes life a toil. Daniel.

   Happy when I, from this turmoil set free,
   That peaceful and divine assemby see. John Denham.

2. To Turmoilverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To harrass with commotion. Out of use.

   That is not fault of will in those godly fathers, but the troublous occasions wherewith that wretched realm hath continually been turmoiled. Edmund Spenser.

   It is her fatal misfortune above all other countries, to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Edmund Spenser.

   Haughty Juno, who with endless broil,
   Did earth, and heav’n and Jove himself turmoil,
   At length aton’d, her friendly pow’r shall join. Dryden.

   2. To weary; to keep in unquietness.

   Having newly left those grammatic shallows, where they stuck unreasonably to learn a few words, on the sudden are transported to be tost and turmoil’d with their unballasted wits in fathomless and unquiet deeps of controversy. John Milton.

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1. turmoil

   Turmoil is a state of great disturbance, confusion, uncertainty, or disorder. It can be applied to various situations such as social unrest, personal emotional conflict, or severe upheaval in any context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Turmoilnoun

   harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion

2. Turmoilverb

   to harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry

3. Turmoilverb

   to be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Turmoil

   tur′moil, n. harassing labour: disturbance.—v.t. to harass with commotion: to weary.—v.i. to be disquieted or in commotion. [Perh. L. tremĕre, to shake.]

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1. • Agitation
   • Disturbance

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of turmoil in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of turmoil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of turmoil in a Sentence

1. John Reid:

   With inflation so low, it would be strange if central banks didn't do more in the face of such market turmoil and elevated risk factors, it won't be a major growth stimulant, but any extra liquidity provided will have to go somewhere, so it's too early to say the central bank era of elevating asset prices is over.

2. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   I think we have an obligation to take some number of refugees, we've done that in these situations in the past. It is important to remember why this is all happening, because the President is falling behind, leading from behind. The Middle East is in turmoil. And our policy of talking to our enemies and leaving our friends behind has contributed to all of this meltdown.

3. Wu Sike:

   The interfering policies of the United States, Europe and other Western nations and their trying to push their own values to change the Middle East have bought long-term turmoil and have been an important inducement to this wave of refugees.

4. Craig Challen:

   The times in your life where you do hard things, you look adversity in the eye and face it down; despite possibly fearness in a turmoil of fear would be the best times of your life. These things you look back on as the building blocks of your person that you ultimately become. ~Dr. Craig Challen

5. Jens Stoltenberg:

   We see fighting, we see turmoil. We see increased presence of (ISIS).

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=turmoil
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Turmoil
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=turmoil
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turmoil
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=turmoil