turmoil

noun

[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.

verb transitive

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

To disquiet; to weary.

verb intransitive

To be disquieted; to be in commotion.