Synonyms of Sturm und Drang

Sturm und Drang

noun

ˌshtu̇rm-u̇nt-ˈdräŋ 

as in turmoil

a disturbed or uneasy state

in a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang, the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turmoil
• unrest
• confusion
• anxiety
• tension
• excitement
• restlessness
• trouble
• disquiet
• fermentation
• unease
• ferment
• turbulence
• uneasiness
• upheaval
• chaos
• storm
• disruption
• stir
• unquietness
• agitation
• anarchy
• restiveness
• commotion
• tumult
• perturbation
• disorder
• hubbub
• uproar
• fidgets
• disquietude
• tumultuousness
• moil
• unsettlement
• queasiness
• welter
• inquietude

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease
• peace
• calm
• quiet
• tranquility
• order
• peacefulness
• orderliness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Sturm und Drang

His own work seethed with the gritty vernacular of the street, evoking the Sturm und Drang of the Midwestern metropolis. — News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025

Yet there has been an asymmetry between the Sturm und Drang of that operation—a midnight raid featured agents rappelling from helicopters onto a South Side apartment building—and its effect. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025

Of course, few movies arrive onscreen with as much cultural Sturm und Drang as director Marc Webb’s megabudget contemporization of 1937’s epochal Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025

Still, after all the Sturm und Drang surrounding Starbucks in the last few years, the best favor a CEO could do for the company and its troops is to be clear and articulate the way forward. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024

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