Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Turmoil

Turmoil (tûr"moil) , noun

[Of uncertain origin; perhaps from Old French tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (compare English tremble); influenced by English turn and moil.]

Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. — Shakespeare

Turmoil (tûr*moil") , transitive verb

To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obsolete]
It is her fatal misfortune... to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. — Spenser

Turmoil , intransitive verb

To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obsolete] — Milton