The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.
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Turmoil
Synonyms for "turmoil" (192 found)
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63 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَعْمَعَة noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бъркотия noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- смут noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Burmese
1 entries- အရှုပ်အထွေး noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 騷亂 /骚乱 noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Finnish
3 entries- kaaos noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- myllerrys noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- sekasorto noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
French
4 entries- chaos noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- désordre noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- tourmente noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- tumulte noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Georgian
4 entries- ალიაქოთი noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- ქაოსი noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- ღელვა noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- შფოთი noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
German
4 entries- Aufruhr noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- Tumult noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- Unordnung noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- Unruhe noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Greek
4 entries- αναβρασμός noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- αναταραχή noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- οχλαγωγία noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- σάλος noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Irish
1 entries- suaitheadh noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Italian
3 entries- caos noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- disordine noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- scompiglio noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Japanese
2 entries- 混乱 noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- 騒動 noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Kazakh
3 entries- бүліншілік noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- дүрбелең noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- лаң noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Khmer
1 entries- ចលាចល noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Latin
2 entries- tumultus noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- turba noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Māori
2 entries- akaaka noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- hūkeri noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قارش noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Persian
2 entries- آشوب noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- هرج و مرج noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Portuguese
3 entries- caos noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- desordem noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- tumulto noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Romanian
4 entries- dezordine noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- haos noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- incertitudine noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- tumult noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Russian
4 entries- бардак noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- беспоря́док noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- потрясе́ние noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- сму́та noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Spanish
4 entries- desorden noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- dificultad noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- julepe noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
- tumulto noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự náo động noun (a state of great disorder or uncertainty)
Sample sentences
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The carp's longevity is unmolested by the turmoil of the millipede.
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Climate change, civil war, financial hardship, and infrastructural chaos have all caused turmoil in this country.
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Tom's outward appearance belies the inner turmoil he's going through.
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