1. (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.

2. (n.) Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

Bedlam let loose ado agitation babel bedlam blast bluster bobbery boil boiling bother brawl broil bustle cacophony chaos charivari chirm churn clamor clangor clap clatter coil commotion conturbation din discomposure discord disorder disquiet disquietude disturbance donnybrook donnybrook fair drunken brawl dustup ebullience ebullition eddy effervescence embroilment excitement fanaticism feery-fary ferment fermentation fever feverishness fidgets flap flurry fluster flutteration foment fomentation foofaraw fracas free-for-all frenzy fume furor furore fury fuss hassle hell broke loose helter-skelter howl hubbub hue and cry hullabaloo hurly-burly hurrah hurry hurry-scurry inquietude jangle jitters jumpiness loud noise maelstrom malaise melee moil nerviness nervosity nervousness noise noise and shouting outcry pandemonium passion pell-mell perturbation pother racket rage rampage rattle restlessness rhubarb riot roar roil rough-and-tumble roughhouse rout row ruckus ruction ruffle rumble rumpus scramble seethe seething shindy shivaree stir storminess swirl swirling tempestuousness thunder thunderclap tintamarre to-do trepidation trepidity trouble tumult tumultuation tumultuousness turbidity turbulence turmoil twitter unease unrest uproar upset vortex whirl wildness yeastiness zeal zealousness