turmoil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: turmoil	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for turmoil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turmoil n a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market" Synonym(s): convulsion, turmoil, upheaval violent agitation Synonym(s): tumult, turmoil disturbance usually in protest Synonym(s): agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turmoil \Tur*moil"\, v. i. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turmoil \Tur"moil\, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced by E. turn and moil.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turmoil \Tur*moil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turmoiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turmoiling}.] 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.