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Turmoil

Tûr'moil, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [See infra.] Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance.

There I'll rest, as, after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak.

Tur-moil', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. TURMOILED; p. pr. & vb. n. TURMOILING.] [From turn and moil, to labor, to toil.] To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to weary. [Obs. or rare.] It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Spenser.

Tur-moil', v. i.

verbintransitive

To be disquieted; to be in commotion. [Obs.]