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adj. Violently agitated or disturbed; tumultuous: turbulent rapids.

adj. Having a chaotic or restless character or tendency: a turbulent period in history.

adj. Causing unrest or disturbance; unruly: turbulent, revolutionary undercurrents.

adj. violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous

adj. being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest

adj. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion.

adj. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory.

adj. Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.

Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; being in violent commotion: as, the turbulent ocean.

Restless; unquiet; refractory; disposed to insubordination and disorder; hence, violent; tumultuous; riotous; disorderly.

Producing commotion or agitation; inducing turbulence.

Synonyms and Obstreperous, uproarious, brawling; seditious, mutinous, revolutionary.

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

adj. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

"Other times it is like what they call a turbulent bore or a rush of white water that goes in."

unquiet    agitated   

trouble    turbine    turbid    perturb    turbulence    disturb   

turbulently    turbulent flow   

agitated    riotous    unquiet    refractory    insubordinate    tumultuous    disturbed    seditious    restless    disturbing   

stormy    tumultuous    unruly    restless    lawless    violent    boisterous    impetuous    fiery    sullen