turmoil

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/ˈtɜːmɔɪl/

noun 2verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

constant

The country experienced constant turmoil during the political crisis last year.

emotional, inner, mental | economic, political

VERB + TURMOIL

cause, plunge/send/throw sb/sth into

The sudden resignation of the manager plunged the entire company into turmoil.

PREP

in ~

The country was in turmoil after the unexpected election results were announced.

~ of

The country descended into a turmoil of confusion and conflict after the election results were announced.

PHRASES

a state of turmoil

Definitions

noun

A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.

The Taoists developed their philosophy during an extended era of turmoil known as the Warring States period of Chinese history.

Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance.

And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.

The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.

verb

To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

some notable sophister lies sweating and turmoiling under the inevitable and merciless delimmas of Socrates

To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

It is her fatal misfortune […] to be thus miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — disturbance usually in protest

noun — violent agitation

tumult

noun — a violent disturbance

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.

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The Taoists developed their philosophy during an extended era of turmoil known as the Warring States period of Chinese history.

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And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.

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some notable sophister lies sweating and turmoiling under the inevitable and merciless delimmas of Socrates

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It is her fatal misfortune […] to be thus miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

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The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.

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