The maelstrom of passions is not what we need now.
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Maelstrom
//ˈmeɪlˌstɹəm//
Synonyms for "maelstrom" (116 found)
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83 translations across 39 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- maalstroom noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- maalstroom noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Armenian
2 entries- հորձանուտ noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- ջրապտույտ noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Belarusian
4 entries- водаварот noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- водаварот noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- вір noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- вір noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- водовъртеж noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Catalan
2 entries- voràgine noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- voràgine noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Cebuano
1 entries- lilo noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 旋渦 /旋涡 noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- 混亂局面 /混乱局面 noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- 漩渦 /漩涡 noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Cyrillic
3 entries- вир noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- вр̀тлог noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- ковѝтлац noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Danish
1 entries- malstrøm noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Dutch
4 entries- draaikolk noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- kolk noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- maalstroom noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- maalstroom noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Esperanto
3 entries- akvokirlo noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- akvoturno noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- malstromo noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Estonian
1 entries- maelström noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Faroese
3 entries- malustreymur noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- meldur noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- meldurstreymur noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Finnish
2 entries- kurimus noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- kurimus noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
French
2 entries- maëlstrom noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- tourbillon noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Georgian
1 entries- მორევი noun (large and violent whirlpool)
German
2 entries- Mahlstrom noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- Strudel noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Greek
1 entries- δίνη noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Hebrew
1 entries- מערבולת noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Hungarian
4 entries- forgatag noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- kavargás noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- örvény noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- örvény noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Icelandic
1 entries- straumröst noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Italian
4 entries- gorgo noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- maelstrom noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- voragine noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- vortice noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Japanese
3 entries- 大渦巻き noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- 狂瀾怒涛 noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- 狂瀾怒涛 noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Macedonian
3 entries- ви́тел noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- водо́вртеж noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- водо́вртеж noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Middle Dutch
1 entries- wiel noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Norwegian
3 entries- malstraum noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- malstrøm noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- mælstrøm noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- malstrøm noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- malstraum noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Polish
3 entries- wir noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- zamieszanie noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- zamęt noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Portuguese
2 entries- turbilhão noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- voragem noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Roman
3 entries- kovìtlac noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- vir noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- vr̀tlog noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Romanian
1 entries- vârtej noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Russian
3 entries- вихрь noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- водоворо́т noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- водоворо́т noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kovìtlac noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- vr̀tlog noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- вр̀тлог noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
- ковѝтлац noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Slovak
1 entries- vír noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Spanish
2 entries- vorágine noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- vorágine noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Swedish
2 entries- malström noun (large and violent whirlpool)
- malström noun (chaotic or turbulent situation)
Tagalog
1 entries- alimpuyo noun (large and violent whirlpool)
West-Frisian
1 entries- draaistream noun (large and violent whirlpool)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
From a walk in the park it turned into a descent into maelstrom followed by a dwindling spiral of inadequate resources and insufficient time.
Source: tatoeba (2027722)
The moves by the internet giants signal a new willingness to moderate their sites and step into the maelstrom of facts and theories, even when prominent people are speaking.
Source: tatoeba (12143570)
To his right fell a gleaming sheet of water, and below it was a maelstrom, that made one giddy by its terrific gyrations.
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