turbulent

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.

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

turbulently tur'bu·lent·ly adv.

adjective

1. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, ugly, violent, wild. See calm/agitation.
2. Marked by unrest or disturbance: stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous. See calm/agitation.

adj

Definition: rebellious, unmanageable
Antonyms: calm, manageable, moderate, obedient, stable

adj

Definition: unsettled, raging (weather)
Antonyms: calm, mild, moderate, settled

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  Synonyms: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous

Meaning #2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
  Synonyms: churning, roiling, roiled, roily

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - turbulent

Nederlands (Dutch)
woelig, roerig, woest, turbulent

Français (French)
adj. - agité, turbulent, mouvementé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - turbulent, ungestüm, aufrührerisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ταραχώδης, πολυτάραχος, βίαιος, ατίθασος, αντάρτικος, φουρτουνιασμένος, θυελλώδης

Italiano (Italian)
turbolento

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - turbulento (m), violento (m)

Русский (Russian)
бурный, турбулентный, буйный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - turbulento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - turbulent, orolig, stormig, upprörd, häftig, våldsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
狂暴的, 吵闹的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 狂暴的, 吵鬧的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 휘몰아치는, 사나운, 교란된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大荒れの, 手に負えない, 不穏な, 荒い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) هائج مضطرب, مشاغب, متمرد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תוסס, רוגש, נסער, פרוע, נטול-רסן‬

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