a. | 1. | Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; |
2. | Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; | |
3. | Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting. |
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" |
2. | turbulent - (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" |