'Turbulent' definitions:
Definition of 'turbulent'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent]
adjective
Definition of 'Turbulent'
From: GCIDE
- Turbulent \Tur"bu*lent\, a. [L. turbulentus, fr. turba disorder, tumult: cf. F. turbulent. See Turbid.]
- 1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. [1913 Webster]
- Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits. [1913 Webster]
- Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting. [1913 Webster]
- Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; riotous; seditious; insubordinate; refractory; unquiet. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'turbulent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitated,
- amiss,
- anarchic,
- angry,
- askew,
- awry,
- blaring,
- blatant,
- blatting,
- blustering,
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- boiling,
- boisterous,
- brassy,
- brawling,
- brazen,
- breakaway,
- bustling,
- chaotic,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- clamoursome,
- clanging,
- clangorous,
- clattery,
- cloudy,
- coarse,
- cockeyed,
- convulsed,
- cyclonic,
- deranged,
- dirty,
- disarranged,
- discomfited,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dislocated,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- disorganized,
- disquieted,
- disturbed,
- excited,
- extreme,
- extremistic,
- factious,
- fast,
- feverish,
- fidgety,
- flurried,
- flustered,
- fluttering,
- fluttery,
- foul,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- fretful,
- furious,
- fussing,
- fussy,
- haywire,
- hellish,
- howling,
- in disorder,
- infuriate,
- insensate,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- jittery,
- jumpy,
- loudmouthed,
- mad,
- mafficking,
- mindless,
- misplaced,
- mutineering,
- mutinous,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- noiseful,
- noisy,
- obstreperous,
- on the fritz,
- orgasmic,
- orgastic,
- out of gear,
- out of joint,
- out of kelter,
- out of kilter,
- out of order,
- out of place,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- pandemoniac,
- perturbed,
- quarrelsome,
- rackety,
- raging,
- rainy,
- rambunctious,
- raucous,
- ravening,
- raving,
- rebel,
- rebellious,
- restless,
- revolutional,
- revolutionary,
- riotous,
- rip-roaring,
- roaring,
- roily,
- roisterous,
- rough,
- roughhouse,
- rowdy,
- rowdyish,
- ruffled,
- rumbustious,
- seditionary,
- seditious,
- shaken,
- shaken up,
- shuffled,
- stirred up,
- storming,
- stormy,
- strepitant,
- strepitous,
- subversive,
- swirling,
- tempestuous,
- termagant,
- tornadic,
- traitorous,
- treasonable,
- troubled,
- troublous,
- tumultuous,
- turbid,
- typhonic,
- typhoonish,
- uncontrollable,
- uneasy,
- uninhibited,
- unpeaceful,
- unquiet,
- unruly,
- unsettled,
- uproarious,
- upset,
- vociferous,
- wild