Synonyms: unrest, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, agitation
Definition: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
Usage: the political ferment produced new leadership; social unrest
Similar words: Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval
Definition: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
Usage: the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
Synonyms: tempestuousness
Definition: a state of wild storminess
Similar words: storminess
Definition: the state of being stormy
Usage: he dreaded the storminess of the North Atlantic in winter