hurly-burly
Tumultuous busy confusion
Hurly-burly is noisy confusion or commotion—the tumult of busy activity or disorder: the hurly-burly of city life, caught up in the hurly-burly of the campaign.
The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, often used to describe chaotic but ultimately harmless bustle rather than serious upheaval.
State of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
disorder · mayhem · confusion · disarray · hubbub · uproar · ruckus · brouhaha
Disorderly group fight
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
affray · donnybrook · free-for-all · fisticuffs · riot · disturbance · struggle · row
Of the Stratford playwright
- MacbethAmbitious thane's downfall
- witchesPractitioners of dark magic
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
poetic · literary · dramatic · incantation · prophecy · supernatural
pandemonium
State of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
tumult · disorder · mayhem · confusion · disarray · hubbub · uproar · ruckus · brouhaha · hullabaloo
brawl
Disorderly group fight
altercation · affray · donnybrook · free-for-all · fisticuffs · riot · disturbance · struggle · row · scrimmage
Shakespearean
Of the Stratford playwright
- MacbethAmbitious thane's downfall
- witchesPractitioners of dark magic
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
Elizabethan · poetic · literary · dramatic · incantation · prophecy · supernatural
- Reduplicativesbye-bye, mama, papa, haha, yo-yo
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
hurly-burlycalm
Free from agitation
stillness · tranquility · quiet · peace · tranquillity
hurly-burlyorder
Methodical arrangement or request
orderliness · calm · organization · method · system