Associations to the word «Turmoil»

Wiktionary

TURMOIL, noun. A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
TURMOIL, noun. Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.
TURMOIL, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
TURMOIL, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

Dictionary definition

TURMOIL, noun. A violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market".
TURMOIL, noun. Violent agitation.
TURMOIL, noun. Disturbance usually in protest.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus