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- 1. a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. Similar
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MAELSTROM definition: 1. a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction: 2. an area of water…. Learn more.
1. : a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius. tried to shoot the canoe across a stretch of treacherous maelstrom Harper's. 2. : something resembling a maelstrom in turbulence. the maelstrom enveloping the country. a maelstrom of emotions. Did you know?
A maelstrom is a powerful whirlpool. A luckless ship might go down in one, and conflicting ocean currents might cause one. These days, you're more likely to hear maelstrom used metaphorically to describe disasters where many competing forces are at play.
MAELSTROM meaning: 1. a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction: 2. an area of water…. Learn more.
noun. a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool. a restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs: the maelstrom of early morning traffic. Synonyms: bedlam, pandemonium, tumult. (initial capital letter) a famous hazardous whirlpool off the NW coast of Norway. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of maelstrom 1.
(meɪlstrɒm ) Word forms: maelstroms. countable noun [usually singular] If you describe a situation as a maelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent. [literary] ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics. [+ of] Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions. [+ of]
1. A violent or turbulent situation: caught in the maelstrom of war. 2. A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence. [Obsolete Dutch : Dutch malen, to grind, whirl (from Middle Dutch; see melə- in Indo-European roots) + Dutch stroom, stream (from Middle Dutch; see sreu- in Indo-European roots).]
noun. /ˈmeɪlstrɒm/ /ˈmeɪlstrəm/ [usually singular] (literary) a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened. a maelstrom of conflicting emotions. They were being sucked into the maelstrom of war. Want to learn more?
A violently confused or dangerously agitated state of mind, emotion, affairs, etc. Webster's New World. Synonyms: vortex. whirlpool. upheaval. turmoil. swirl. current. confusion. storm. eddy. fury. commotion. undertow. Other Word Forms of Maelstrom. Noun.
Definitions of 'Maelstrom' 1. a famous strong, swirling tidal current off the W coast of Norway, hazardous to safe navigation. [...] 2. [m-] any large or violent whirlpool. [...] 3. [m-] a violently confused or dangerously agitated state of mind, emotion, affairs, etc. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'maelstrom'
