to be in turmoil
21turmoil — noun (uncountable, singular) a state of confusion, excitement, and trouble: The country is in complete turmoil …
22turmoil — UK [ˈtɜː(r)mɔɪl] / US [ˈtɜrˌmɔɪl] noun [uncountable] a state of excitement or uncontrolled activity Her life seemed to be in turmoil …
23turmoil — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1526 a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion …
24turmoil — noun /ˈtɜrmɔɪl/ a) chaos b) disorder …
25turmoil — Synonyms and related words: ado, agitation, ailment, anarchism, anarcho syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, anxiety, anxiousness, arsy varsiness, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bustle, cacophony, chaos, churn,… …
26turmoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. confusion, tumult, turbulence, disturbance, agitation, commotion; disorder. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. agitation, turbulence, riot; see confusion 2 , disturbance 2 , uproar . III (Roget s 3… …
27turmoil — tur·moil || tÉœrmɔɪl / tÉœË n. tumult, uproar, commotion …
28turmoil — noun a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty. Origin C16: of unknown origin …
29turmoil — n. Tumult, agitation, disturbance, disorder, turbulence, confusion, commotion, uproar, bustle, huddle, hurly burly, trouble, harassing labor …
30turmoil — n 1. tumult, tumultousness, uproar, up roariousness, pandemonium, chaos; agitation, unrest, ferment, Archaic. pucker, disquiet, disturbance, upheaval, storm, tempest, disorder, confusion, imbroglio; hurly burly, hurly, brouhaha, commotion, stir,… …