Reverse Dictionary: TURMOIL

TURMOIL

ADJECTIVES
1553 TURMOILOUS full of turmoil or tumult; disturbed; troublesome → obs.
1877 — TURMOILY full of turmoil or tumult; disturbed, troubled


NOUNS
1400 — TOIL battle, strife, turmoil → arch.
1440 — HURLY-BURLY commotion, tumult, strife, uproar, turmoil, confusion
1596 — HUBBABOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult, turmoil
1702 — UBBUBBOO — UBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil
1755 — REEL turmoil, mental confusion → Sc.
1796 — HUBBLE-BUBBLE turmoil, confusion
1798 — QUOIL a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..19C — RAT’S-REST a state of perpetual turmoil → Sc.
1818 — CRINKIE-WINKIE a contention; a pother, disturbance, commotion, turmoil → Sc.
1835 — BURLY a hurly-burly, a commotion, tumult, strife, uproar, turmoil, confusion
1854 — REE-RAW a drinking bout; a noisy romp; a state of confusion; a disturbance, turmoil
1864 — REEL-RALL — REEL-RAWL a state of confusion; turmoil, disturbance → Sc.
1870 — HAIKE — HAKE a stir, turmoil, tumult → Eng. dial.
1881 — SCOWDERING confusion, bustle, turmoil → Eng. dial.
1892 — BIRR confusion, turmoil →  Sc.
1894 — JABBLE turmoil, confusion → Sc.
1896 — MOILD turmoil, uproar → Eng. dial.
1904 — REELING turmoil, bustle → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCOWDERMENT confusion, bustle, turmoil → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1929 — HABBER-GALYO an uproar, confusion, turmoil → Sc.
1942 — TUMOIL a tumult, a turmoil → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1960 — FLIP a state of turmoil → Amer. dial.
1965 — JAMBLE turmoil, confusion → Amer. dial.
1968 — HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute → Amer. dial.
1972 — HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute → Amer. dial.
1981 — BOULEVERSEMENT an overturning; upsetting; confusion; turmoil → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1981 — BROUHAHA an uproar; turmoil → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)


NOUNS, PERSON
1591 TURMOILER a person who turmoils; a disquieter


PHRASES
1956 HELL’S A-BUSTING trouble or turmoil is starting → Amer. dial.
1956 HELL’S A-POPPING trouble or turmoil is starting → Amer. dial.


VERBS
1911 BIRR to be in a turmoil or confusion → Sc. (Bk.)
1993WEIRD OUT to frighten someone; to cause someone emotional turmoil → US sl.