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, tumultuousness

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

disorder, disturbance

commotion, excitement, hullabaloo, hurly burly, stir, to-do