| Maelstrom 1. (n.) A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. 2. (n.) Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice. Thesaurus Entries Charybdis, Maelstrom, back stream, backwash, backwater, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, eddy, gulf, gurge, maelstrom, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, swirl, twirl, vortex, whirl, whirlpool |