turbulent

tur·bu·lent  (tûrby-lnt)

adj.

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

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

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

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin turbulentus, from turba, turmoil; see turbid.]

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turbu·lent·ly adv.

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turbulent

Adjective

1. involving a lot of sudden changes and conflicting elements: the city has had a turbulent history

2. (of people) wild and unruly: a harsh mountain land inhabited by a score of turbulent tribes

3. (of water or air) full of violent unpredictable currents: the turbulent ocean [Latin turba confusion]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	turbulent - characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood" disruptive, tumultuous, riotous, troubled unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"
	2.	turbulent - (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" roiling, roily, churning, roiled agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"

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turbulent

adjective 1. wild, violent, disorderly, agitated, rebellious, unruly, rowdy, boisterous, anarchic, tumultuous, lawless, unbridled, riotous, undisciplined, seditious, mutinous, ungovernable, uproarious, refractory, obstreperous, insubordinate

adjective 2. stormy, rough, raging, tempestuous, boiling, disordered, furious, unsettled, foaming, unstable, agitated, tumultuous, choppy, blustery << OPPOSITE calm

Translations

turbulent [ˈtəːbjulənt] adj → turbulento

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turbulent [ˈtəːbjulənt] adj → turbulent(e); [sea] → agité(e)

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turbulent [ˈtəːbjulənt] turbulence adj [water, seas] → stürmisch (fig) [career, period] → turbulent

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turbulent [ˈtəːbjulənt] adj → turbolento/a; [sea] → agitato/a