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Another word for turmoil

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turmoil

n.

agitation, turbulence, riot; see confusion 2, disturbance 2, uproar.

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Another word for turmoil

noun

A state of discomposure:
agitation, dither, fluster, flutter, perturbation, tumult, upset. (Informal) lather, stew. See calm
An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace:
agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir¹, tumult, turbulence, uproar. (Informal) flap, to-do. See calm, order
A state of uneasiness and usually resentment brewing to an eventual explosion:
ferment, Sturm und Drang, unrest. See calm, peace

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There was turmoil in her pale blue eyes.
He felt her turmoil through their bond and ached to ease her pain.
Jule sensed a great deal of turmoil behind his calm features and pitied the man.
But the question was soon forgotten in the turmoil caused by the Crimean War.
In the turmoil of his later life he looked back with regret to his student days; and "for all his troubles philosophy was his only cure."

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