turmoil

Etymology

Unknown. First recorded in 1520. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).

noun

1. A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
   Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells. June 19, 2012, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport
2. Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.

verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.