turmoil en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/ (UK)
Etymology
Unknown. First appears c. 1526. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
The Taoists developed their philosophy during an extended era of turmoil known as the Warring States period of Chinese history.
2024 January 14, Charles Hugh Smith, Self-Reliance, Taoism and the Warring States: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.
2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
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(uncountable, usually) Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance.
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.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
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el σάλος (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · pt desordem (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fr chaos (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · mi akaaka (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · la turba (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · bg смут (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fa هرج و مرج (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · cmn 騷亂 /骚乱 (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · mi hūkeri (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ja 騒動 (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fa آشوب (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · it disordine (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · it scompiglio (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · km ចលាចល (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · la tumultus (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · de Aufruhr (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fr désordre (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru бардак (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · kk лаң (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ka ქაოსი (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ka ღელვა (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · es tumulto (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · pt caos (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru сумато́ха (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · es julepe (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ro dezordine (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · it caos (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · de Unordnung (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · es turbulencia (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · es dificultad (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ka შფოთი (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru сму́та (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ar مَعْمَعَة (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fi kaaos (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · el οχλαγωγία (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · pt tumulto (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ro haos (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru потрясе́ние (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru хао́с (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ro incertitudine (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fr tourmente (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · my အရှုပ်အထွေး (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ro tumult (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · el αναταραχή (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · el ταραχή (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · es desorden (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · el αναβρασμός (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fr tumulte (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ota قارش (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ja 混乱 (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru смяте́ние (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru ха́ос (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fi myllerrys (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · fi sekasorto (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · de Tumult (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · bg бъркотия (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ka ალიაქოთი (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ru беспоря́док (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · de Unruhe (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · vi sự náo động (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · kk дүрбелең (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · ga suaitheadh (a state of great disorder or uncertainty) · kk бүліншілік (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)