maelstrom Definition

vortex, whirlpool, swirl, whirlwind, flurry, midst, whirl, spiral, eddy, vorticity, belief, faith, tumult, firestorm, turmoil, tempest, frenzy, chaos, upheaval, morass, turbulence, furor, hubbub, cacophony, quagmire, strife, miasma, squall, mayhem, abyss, uproar, sturm und drang, pandemonium, deluge, cauldron, netherworld, turbillion, furies, tidal wave, controversy, hysteria, brouhaha, bedlam, angst, undertow, riptide, furore, imbroglio, cataclysm, hullabaloo, mire, crisis, fiasco, backwash, shockwaves, torrent, backlash, reverberations, scandal, ripples, debacle, murk, clamor, fallout, mass hysteria, drumbeat, tailspin, flotsam, rumpus, meltdown, barrage, purgatory, kerfuffle, throe, clangor, hoopla, saga, hurly burly, mess, torpor, outrage, unpleasantness, minefield, ruckus, farrago, travails, madness, crosscurrent, mania, troubles, onrush, paroxysms, milieu, maw, tizzy, spotlight, machinations, high dudgeon, engulfing, cascade,