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Pronunciation : Tur"moil
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced by E. turn and moil.]
Definition : Defn: Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tur*moil"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.] It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Spenser.

t. [imp. & p. p. Turmoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Turmoiling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tur*moil"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.] Milton.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913