Antonyms for maelstrom

Grammar : Noun

Spell : meyl-struhm

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪl strəm

Definition of maelstrom

Origin : 1680s (Hakluyt, 1560s, has Malestrand), name of a famous whirlpool off the northwest coast of Norway, from Danish malstrøm (1673), from older Dutch Maelstrom (modern maalstroom), literally "grinding-stream," from malen "to grind" (see meal) + stroom "stream" (see stream (n.)). The name was used by Dutch cartographers (e.g. Mercator, 1595). OED says perhaps originally from Færoic mal(u)streymur. Popularized as a synonym for "whirlpool" c.1841, the year of Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom."

noun agitation
noun whirlpool

Example sentences :

How few who plunge into this maelstrom of chance ever rise again!
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

They saw so many boats go into the maelstrom that they steered into other waters.
Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage

It was, rather, his work, which swept him into a maelstrom of new activities.
Extract from : « Mistress Anne » by Temple Bailey

That is the rock, that is the quicksand, that is the maelstrom.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 » by Various

The two I am thinking of were of these, typical of the maelstrom.
Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis

Now he was caught in a maelstrom of ungenerous and malignant politics.
Extract from : « Ulysses S. Grant » by Walter Allen

The ball seemed to him a kind of maelstrom in which all his hopes were likely to be wrecked.
Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner

Ianito's words trailed off into the maelstrom of sound that swirled about them.
Extract from : « The Copper-Clad World » by Harl Vincent

It is at least that from that maelstrom to this quiet green place.
Extract from : « Fernley House » by Laura E. Richards

But his voice was lost in the maelstrom of sound just as his body was lost in the maelstrom of motion.
Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch

Synonyms for maelstrom

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019