turmoil /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •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. — 2012 •Harassing labor; trouble; disturbance.And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium. — 1590 verb2 •(no longer used) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.some notable sophister lies sweating and turmoiling under the inevitable and merciless delimmas of Socrates — 1642 •(no longer used) 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. — 1596 formsturmoiled · turmoiling · turmoils
