turmoil
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mɔɪl noun
1.
a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
2.
Obsolete. harassing labor.
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| —n | |
| 1. | violent or confused movement; agitation; tumult |
| —vb | |
| 2. | archaic to make or become turbulent |
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Word Origin & History
turmoil
1526, perhaps an alteration of M.Fr. tremouille "mill hopper," in reference to the hopper's constant motion to and fro, from L. trimodia "vessel containing three modii," from modius, a Roman dry measure, related to modus "measure." Attested earlier in Eng. as a verb (c.1511), though this now is obsolete.
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Example sentences
But despite all this turmoil, it has found some macroeconomic steel.
With the market in turmoil, the only safe bets may be at the box office.
Religious faith is both a universal source of community and a universal source of turmoil.
Blackmun and his team have met the managerial challenges left by a decade's worth of intermittent turmoil and internal battles.
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