whirlwinds
Rapidly rotating columns
Whirlwinds is the plural of whirlwind—a rapidly rotating column of air, smaller and less destructive than a tornado.
Figuratively, a whirlwind is anything fast-moving and chaotic: a whirlwind of activity, a whirlwind romance.
As an adjective, whirlwind describes speed and intensity: a whirlwind tour of Europe.
Small rotating wind columns
- twistersRotating windstorms
- vorticesRotating fluid masses
- cyclonesRotating storm systems
- tornadoesRotating destructive wind columns
funnels · gusts · updrafts · sandstorms · windstorms · rotation · spirals · debris
Violent mental agitation
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- flurryBrief burst of activity
- rushQuick sudden movement
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
turmoil · maelstrom · bustle · upheaval · storm · tempest · blur · madness
Seeking another's romantic favor
- passionIntense emotional drive
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- elopementSecret departure to wed
swept away · breathless · intoxicating · spontaneous · intense · brief · fleeting · dizzying
Organized efforts toward goals
- visitsSocial calls
- schedulesPlanned sequences of events
- itinerariesPlanned travel schedules
- appearancesOutward visible aspects
engagements · stops · publicity · promotional · exhausting · nonstop · hectic · marathon
dust devils
Small rotating wind columns
tornadoes · funnels · gusts · updrafts · sandstorms · windstorms · rotation · spirals · debris · columns
frenzy
Violent mental agitation
commotion · turmoil · maelstrom · bustle · upheaval · storm · tempest · blur · madness · tumult
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- passionIntense emotional drive
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
elopement · swept away · breathless · intoxicating · spontaneous · intense · brief · fleeting · dizzying · captivating
campaigns
Organized efforts toward goals
- visitsSocial calls
- schedulesPlanned sequences of events
- itinerariesPlanned travel schedules
appearances · engagements · stops · publicity · promotional · exhausting · nonstop · hectic · marathon · grueling
- wind effectstornadoes, hurricanes, sand storms, dust storms, blizzards
- high energygamma rays, cosmic rays, particle accelerator, synchrotron, neutrinos
whirlwindsstillness
Complete lack of motion
calm · dead calm · still air · gentle breezes · zephyrs
whirlwindsstillness
Complete lack of motion
tranquility · calm · peace · doldrums · stagnant air
- whirlwind romanceIntense, brief romantic relationship
- reap the whirlwindSuffer consequences of misdeeds
- reaped the whirlwindSuffered severe consequences of wrongdoing
- reaping the whirlwindSuffering consequences of recklessness