The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Turmoil \Tur*moil"\, v. i.
   To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.]
   --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Turmoil \Tur"moil\ (t[^u]r"moil) sometimes (t[^u]r*moil"), n.
   [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the hopper
   of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced
   by E. turn and moil.]
   Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance;
   worrying confusion.
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         And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil,
         A blessed soul doth in Elysium.          --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Turmoil \Tur*moil"\ (t[^u]r*moil"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Turmoiled (t[^u]r*moil"d); p. pr. & vb. n. Turmoiling.]
   To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.]
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         It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed
         and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.
                                                  --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

turmoil
    n 1: a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock
         market" [syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval]
    2: violent agitation [syn: tumult, turmoil]
    3: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation,
       excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo]