Meaning of Maelstrom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large and violent whirlpool.
2. Dated form of maelstrom.
   alt-of, dated
3. A chaotic or turbulent situation.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“To his right fell a gleaming sheet of water, and below it was a maelstrom, that made one giddy by its terrific gyrations.”

“The falukah plunged over a waterfall and was almost submerged, was caught again in a maelstrom and went twirling on in the blackness.”

“A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.”

“It was of Jean Paul's doing: some single billow in that vast World-Mahlstrom of Humour, with its heaven-kissing coruscations, which is now, alas, all congealed in the frost of death!”

“He escaped at last, dizzy from the maelstrom of conflicting emotions that had caught and whirled him.”

“The terminal station, Richmond, is managed by South West Trains, heirs to the London & South Western Railway, and here the District fades into a railway maelstrom, since Richmond is not only on the Waterloo-Reading line but is also the westerly terminus of the London Overground.”

“A Twitter post intended to celebrate a funny photo of Abby, a “chonk” sea otter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, instead stirred an online maelstrom of criticism, KNTV reports.”

“Setting our sights back on King's Landing, where the Last War will be waged, makes a lot of sense, even if it does feel a bit anticlimactic after last week's deadly, blustery maelstrom.”

“Five, he has no idea what else could be out there. For example, if British doctrine was anything like his own, then even at this moment, dozens of British destroyers might be swarming towards him, about to envelop his forces in a maelstrom of torpedoes, and the first thing he'd know about it is when things start exploding! (Well, even more than they already are now.)”

CEFR level