# turmoil

Pronunciation: say "TUR-moyl" US /ˈtɝmɔɪl/, UK /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/

## Noun

1. A condition of great disorder, confusion, or uncertainty.
   - Simple: A time or state when things are very confused and no one knows what will happen.
   - _The sudden resignation of the CEO threw the company into turmoil._
   - _Years of political turmoil had left the country's economy in ruins._
2. Wearying, harassing labor, or trouble and disturbance more generally.
   - Simple: Hard, tiring work, or a lot of trouble and noise.
   - _Forty years of turmoil at the loom, twelve hours a day, had left her hands stiff and sore._
   - _The turmoil of hauling stone up the quarry road wore the men down long before winter._

## Verb

3. To harass someone with commotion, or to disquiet or worry them. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To trouble or worry someone, keeping them upset and unable to rest.
4. To feel upset or confused, or to be in a noisy, unsettled state. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To be upset or mixed up, or to be in a state of noisy confusion.

## Origin

Of unknown origin, first appearing around 1526; perhaps from Old French tremouille ("the hopper of a mill").

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