"turmoil" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-turmoil.ogg [US] Forms: turmoils [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. First recorded in 1520. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{uder|en|fro|tremouille||the hopper of a mill}} Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} turmoil (usually uncountable, plural turmoils)
  1. A state of great disorder or uncertainty. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (a state of great disorder or uncertainty): смут (smut) [masculine] (Bulgarian), бъркотия (bǎrkotija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အရှုပ်အထွေး (a.hrup-a.htwe:) (Burmese), 騷亂 (Chinese Mandarin), 骚乱 (sāoluàn) (Chinese Mandarin), myllerrys (Finnish), sekasorto (Finnish), kaaos (Finnish), chaos (French), désordre [masculine] (French), tourmente [feminine] (French), tumulte [masculine] (French), ქაოსი (kaosi) (Georgian), შფოთი (špoti) (Georgian), ალიაქოთი (aliakoti) (Georgian), ღელვა (ɣelva) (Georgian), Aufruhr [masculine] (German), Tumult [masculine] (German), Unruhe [feminine] (German), Unordnung [feminine] (German), αναταραχή (anatarachí) [feminine] (Greek), οχλαγωγία (ochlagogía) [feminine] (Greek), σάλος (sálos) [masculine] (Greek), αναβρασμός (anavrasmós) [masculine] (Greek), ταραχή (tarachí) [feminine] (Greek), caos (Italian), disordine (Italian), scompiglio (Italian), 騒動 (Japanese), 混乱 (Japanese), ចលាចល (caʼlaacɑl) (Khmer), turba [feminine] (Latin), tumultus [masculine] (Latin), akaaka (Maori), hūkeri (Maori), قارش (karış) (Ottoman Turkish), هرج و مرج (harj-o-marj) (Persian), آشوب (âšub) (Persian), desordem [masculine] (Portuguese), tumulto [masculine] (Portuguese), caos [masculine] (Portuguese), haos (Romanian), desordine (Romanian), incertitudine (Romanian), tumuly (Romanian), смяте́ние (smjaténije) [neuter] (Russian), потрясе́ние (potrjasénije) [neuter] (Russian), беспоря́док (besporjádok) [masculine] (Russian), сумато́ха (sumatóxa) [feminine] (Russian), ха́ос (xáos) [masculine] (Russian), хао́с (xaós) [masculine] (Russian), сму́та (smúta) [feminine] (Russian), бардак (bardak) [masculine] (Russian), desorden [masculine] (Spanish), turbulencia [feminine] (Spanish), dificultad [feminine] (Spanish), tumulto [masculine] (Spanish), sự náo động (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-turmoil-en-noun-TLQDZUQD Disambiguation of 'a state of great disorder or uncertainty': 99 1
  2. Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-turmoil-en-noun-3nI-sbLo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chaos, disorder

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɜːmɔɪl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-turmoil.ogg [US] Forms: turmoils [present, singular, third-person], turmoiling [participle, present], turmoiled [participle, past], turmoiled [past]
Etymology: Unknown. First recorded in 1520. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{uder|en|fro|tremouille||the hopper of a mill}} Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} turmoil (third-person singular simple present turmoils, present participle turmoiling, simple past and past participle turmoiled)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-turmoil-en-verb-7EuQZGgI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 20 60 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 22 50 18
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-turmoil-en-verb-m7yaFVNN

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "word": "desordem"
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          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "roman": "smjaténije",
          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "word": "смяте́ние"
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          "roman": "potrjasénije",
          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "word": "потрясе́ние"
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          "roman": "besporjádok",
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          "roman": "sumatóxa",
          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "roman": "xáos",
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          "roman": "xaós",
          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "word": "хао́с"
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          "roman": "smúta",
          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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          "roman": "bardak",
          "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "word": "騷亂"
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      "roman": "sāoluàn",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "骚乱"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "myllerrys"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "kaaos"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tourmente"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tumulte"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "kaosi",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "ქაოსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "შფოთი"
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "ალიაქოთი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ɣelva",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "ღელვა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Aufruhr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Tumult"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Unruhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Unordnung"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anatarachí",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναταραχή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ochlagogía",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "οχλαγωγία"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "sálos",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "caos"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "disordine"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "scompiglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "騒動"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "混乱"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "caʼlaacɑl",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "ចលាចល"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "turba"
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "word": "tumultus"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "akaaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "hūkeri"
    },
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "karış",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "قارش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "harj-o-marj",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "هرج و مرج"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âšub",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "آشوب"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desordem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tumulto"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "caos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "haos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "desordine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "incertitudine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "tumuly"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smjaténije",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "смяте́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrjasénije",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "потрясе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besporjádok",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "беспоря́док"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sumatóxa",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сумато́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xáos",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ха́ос"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xaós",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "хао́с"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smúta",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сму́та"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "bardak",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "word": "бардак"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "word": "desorden"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
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      "word": "turbulencia"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dificultad"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tumulto"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a state of great disorder or uncertainty",
      "word": "sự náo động"
    }
  ],
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}

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