maelstroms
Chaotic water spirals
Maelstroms is the plural of maelstrom, a powerful whirlpool capable of drawing in ships and debris.
The word extends to any turbulent, chaotic situation that threatens to overwhelm: The company was caught in a maelstrom of lawsuits.
Political and emotional maelstroms suggest forces spinning beyond anyone's control.
Rotating water vortices
- vorticesRotating fluid masses
- currentsDirectional flows of movement
- CharybdisMythological sea vortex
- eddiesCounter-flowing circular currents
tides · seafarers · nautical · shipwrecks · Norwegian · sailors · navigation · swirling
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- disorderAbsence of organization
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
confusion · frenzy · bedlam · storms · volatility · instability · disruption · mayhem
Violent disturbance or confusion
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- innerSituated further in
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- psychologicalOf the mind
overwhelming · swirling · feelings · distress · despair · grief · rage · conflicted
whirlpools
Rotating water vortices
eddies · tides · seafarers · nautical · shipwrecks · Norwegian · sailors · navigation · swirling · depths
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- disorderAbsence of organization
tumult · confusion · frenzy · bedlam · storms · volatility · instability · disruption · mayhem · unrest
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
psychological · overwhelming · swirling · feelings · distress · despair · grief · rage · conflicted · consuming
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
unrest · regime · conflict · power · protests · coups · overthrow · governance · factions · violence
- sea phenomenawaves, tides, currents, storm surges, rogue waves
- landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
- Ocean MysteriesBermuda Triangle, ghost ships, shipwrecks, lost treasure, sea monsters
maelstromsstill waters
Motionless bodies of water
calm seas · slack water · doldrums · millpond · millponds