turmoil

TURMOIL', n. [I know not the origin of this word; but it is probably from the root of the L. turba,turbo, turma, or of turn.]

Disturbance, tumult; harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult.

There I'll rest, as after much turmoil

A blessed soul doth in Elysium.

TURMOIL', v.t. To harass with commotion.

It is her fatal misfortune--to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

1. To disquiet; to weary.

TURMOIL', v.i. To be disquieted; to be in commotion.