upheaval, tumult, turbulence, strife, crisis, unrest, instability, troubles, meltdown, chaos, ructions, uncertainty, maelstrom, fallout, jitters, woes, disarray, tensions, volatility, infighting, malaise, tailspin, credit crunch, downturn, dissension, discord, shockwaves, contagion, implosion, unease, angst, gyrations, slowdown, doldrums, unsettlement, slump, fractiousness, pressures, dislocations, imbroglio, nervousness, shakeup, rancor, furor, acrimony, mayhem, debacle, travails, rockiness, schisms, firestorm, cataclysm, recession, reverberations, controversy, gloom, scandal, downspin, stagnation, anxiety, struggles, predicament, skittishness, bedlam, hardships, vicissitudes, rifts, bloodbath, panic, collapse, pessimism, calamity, squabbles, unsettledness, bloodletting, uneasiness, bloodshed, disunity, carnage, uproar, conflict, wrangles, uprisings, tempest, situation, disruption, ripples, anarchy, negativity, euphoria, riots, sluggishness, discontent, unpleasantness, disharmony, fragility, furore, embattled, bickering, morass, disintegration, violence, insecurity, upheavals, confusion, disquiet, agitation, struggle, travail, demoralization

garboil, incident, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar

distraction, hell, hellhole, hell on earth, indecisiveness, inferno, middle east, mideast, near east, peaceful, snake pit, the pits, untroubled

agitation, disorder, disturbance

agitation, commotion, disruption, disturbance, excitement, hullabaloo, hurly burly, stir, to-do, tumult, upheaval