• (British) IPA: /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/

turmoil (uncountable)

1. A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
2. Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.
   • c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene vii]:

     And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.

• chaos, disorder

• French: chaos, désordre
• German: Aufruhr, Tumult, Unruhe, Unordnung
• Italian: caos, disordine, scompiglio
• Portuguese: desordem, tumulto, caos
• Russian: смяте́ние
• Spanish: desorden, turbulencia, dificultad

turmoil (turmoils, present participle turmoiling; past and past participle turmoiled)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

   • It is her fatal misfortune […] to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.