turmoil
noun/ˈtɜːmɔɪl/
/ˈtɜːrmɔɪl/
[uncountable, singular]- a state of great worry in which everything is confused and nothing is certain synonym confusion
- emotional/mental/political turmoil
- His statement threw the court into turmoil.
- Her mind was in (a) turmoil.
- She felt much calmer after the turmoil of recent weeks.
Extra Examples- Her mind was in a state of constant turmoil.
- The university had been in turmoil over anti-war protests.
- The country was hurled into the turmoil of another general election.
- She hid her inner turmoil.
- a turmoil of emotions
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constant
- great
- emotional
- …
- cause
- create
- plunge somebody/something into
- …
- in turmoil
- turmoil of
- turmoil over
- …
- a state of turmoil
Word Originearly 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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