turmoil (noun)

  • 71hellhole — noun any place of pain and turmoil the hell of battle the inferno of the engine room when you re alone Christmas is the pits • Syn: ↑hell, ↑hell on earth, ↑snake pit, ↑the pits, ↑inferno …

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  • 72hoo-hah — noun a disorderly outburst or tumult they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused • Syn: ↑disturbance, ↑disruption, ↑commotion, ↑flutter, ↑hurly burly, ↑to do, ↑hoo ha, ↑ …

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  • 73hurly burly — noun a disorderly outburst or tumult they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused • Syn: ↑disturbance, ↑disruption, ↑commotion, ↑flutter, ↑to do, ↑hoo ha, ↑hoo hah, ↑ …

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  • 74indecisiveness — noun 1. doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost • Syn: ↑indecision, ↑irresolution • Derivationally related forms: ↑indecisive • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 75Middle East — noun the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had… …

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  • 76Near East — noun the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had… …

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  • 77the pits — noun any place of pain and turmoil the hell of battle the inferno of the engine room when you re alone Christmas is the pits • Syn: ↑hell, ↑hell on earth, ↑hellhole, ↑snake pit, ↑inferno …

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  • 78roman holiday — noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: so called from the bloody combats staged as entertainment in ancient Rome 1. a. : an event or occasion resembling the games or gladiatorial combats of the ancient Roman circus (as for spectacle or… …

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  • 79stir-up — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from stir up, v. : an act of stirring up or state of being stirred up : agitation, turmoil …

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  • 80United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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