TURMOIL


Meaning of TURMOIL in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

economic

It brought the worst economic turmoil that this country had seen since the industrial revolution.

Beyond the political confusion, there were other factors that wrought economic turmoil in the wake of partitioning the country.

emotional

He was beginning to feel as if he had just switched roller-coasters - from one set of emotional turmoil to another.

In addition to their own emotional turmoil , parents must cope with the demands and expectations of those around them.

It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoil inside Rose.

All of these issues can be a source of great emotional turmoil to many people.

These practical worries add to the emotional turmoil a woman will already be undergoing.

So Mimi walked out, and suddenly he faced a kind of emotional turmoil he had never before experienced.

It is believed to contain explosive scenes - including Di's alleged suicide bids, emotional turmoil and friendships with other men.

inner

In spite of her inner turmoil she felt the pull of the tranquillity of the place.

Manylayered stories of ambition, folly and inner turmoil .

The warmth and gentleness coaxed her surrender, subduing her inner turmoil and replacing it with something that was infinitely more disturbing.

He said he felt no inner turmoil for the entire week.

She was too preoccupied by her inner turmoil to fully appreciate the bubbling volcanic mud pools in the weird, lunar-like springs.

Certainly, looming cancellation, panting adolescents and constant comparisons with a big star stir up inner turmoil .

Lissa did not know where she found the strength to answer him without betraying anything of her inner turmoil .

political

Yet all this faded into insignificance when compared to the political turmoil it was causing.

This new party was briefly banned for arousing political turmoil that led to street insurrections in October 1993.

Few think he can long contain the present political turmoil .

But the political turmoil that landed her father in prison prevented her from returning home.

Economic decline is tangled up with political turmoil in a way that has made for a crisis of the constitution.

Years of political turmoil and money shortages have meant the work has not begun.

The fire is used as a symbol of the country's political turmoil .

Nor did the Court cause political turmoil by invalidating an election just before it was due to take place.

■ VERB

throw

The camp was thrown into turmoil , with warriors sprinting to natural rifle-pits, and the helpless ones taking flight north.

Our arrangements are thrown into complete turmoil .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But he must have endured more mental turmoil as his rookie replacement lit up White Hart Lane.

He shivered, his thoughts in turmoil , his pulse racing.

In the midst of this turmoil , life on the surface at Holy Trinity went on much as it always had.

Our arrangements are thrown into complete turmoil .

The big thing actually seemed happy to have caused so much turmoil and confusion.

The earliest had left their homeland during the turmoil of its unification.

They did so again amid the turmoil caused by the collapse of Soviet power in 1991.

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