mindmap root((骚动)) commotion suggests disturbing, sometimes violent, bustle and hubbub: the unexpected dinner guests caused quite a ~. tumult suggests a shaking up or stirring up that is accompanied by uproar, din, or great disorder: the town was in a ~ over the war news. turmoil suggests a state devoid of calm and seething with excitement: a well-ordered life that was suddenly thrown into ~. upheaval suggests a violent and forceful thrusting that results in a heaving up or an overthrowing: a nation in need of peace after years of ~.