Emotional Turmoil Vocabulary

noun vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism

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• The country was in a state of political strife as different factions fought for power.
• There's always some sort of family strife during the holidays.
• I can't believe the amount of strife caused by that gossip.
• The artist used contrasting colors to represent the inner strife of the character.

noun a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

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• The city was thrown into tumult as protestors filled the streets.
• There was a lot of tumult at the concert last night.
• Things got real tumultuous at the party after the drinks started flowing.
• Emotions were in tumult as she tried to make sense of the situation.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to specify a noun as definite or indefinite

• The company decided to lay off employees and then to add insult to injury, they also cut their severance packages.
• First, my car broke down and then to add insult to injury, it started raining while I was waiting for a tow truck.
• I failed my math test and to add insult to injury, my teacher gave me extra homework as punishment.
• She was already feeling down about losing the competition, but to add insult to injury, her rival gloated about their victory.