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Maelstrom

Maelstrom Meaning & Definition
Maelstrom Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maelstrom?

[n] a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maelstrom: vortex | whirlpool

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maelstrom: ado | agitation | back stream | backflow | backwash | backwater | bluster | bobbery | boil | boiling | bother | botheration | brouhaha | burst | bustle | Charybdis | churn | commotion | confusion | conturbation | countercurrent | counterflow | counterflux | discomposure | disorder | disquiet | disquietude | disturbance | dizzy round | ebullition | eddy | embroilment | excitement | feery-fary | ferment | fermentation | fever | feverishness | fidgetiness | fidgets | fit | flap | flurry | fluster | flutter | flutteration | flutteriness | foment | fume | fury | fuss | fussiness | gulf | gurge | gyre | hubbub | hullabaloo | hurly-burly | inquietude | jitters | jumpiness | Maelstrom | malaise | moil | nerviness | nervosity | nervousness | perturbation | pirouette | pother | rat race | reel | refluence | reflux | regurgitation | restlessness | roil | round | rout | row | scramble | seethe | seething | spasm | spin | spurt | stew | stir | storm | surge | sweat | swirl | to-do | trepidation | trepidity | tumult | tumultuation | turbidity | turbulence | turmoil | turn | twirl | twitter | unease | unquiet | unrest | upset | vortex | wheel | whirl | whirlpool | whirlwind

See Also | Charybdis | current | stream

Maelstrom In Webster's Dictionary

\Mael"strom\, n. [Norw., a whirlpool.] 1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. 2. Also Fig.; as, a maelstrom of vice.

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