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Characterized by fierce, extreme, or violent energy or force

Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion

Energetic, noisy, boisterous, and difficult to control

Unruly or uncontrolled in behavior

Characterized by rough, windy or stormy conditions

Characterized by agitation, typically of a body of water

Rebellious or defiant to authority

Unsteady and prone to unexpected changes

Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty

In a state of complete confusion and disorder

Bouncing or causing things to bounce

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

Of or pertaining to a vortex

Fond of, or prone to, quarreling

Very loud or having a high volume

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Adjective

Characterized by fierce, extreme, or violent energy or force

hammer and tongs

knock-down-and-drag-out

fast and furious

at the boiling point

beside yourself

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

like Piccadilly Circus

hell broke loose

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“The appalling social conditions had driven the working classes in the early decades of the century into a turbulent struggle for emancipation.”

Adjective

Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion

“During its turbulent history, it had known dozens of presidents, but their efforts to rule had been fruitless, invariably with blood flowing.”

Adjective

Energetic, noisy, boisterous, and difficult to control

wild and woolly

rough-and-tumble

ill-disciplined

in high spirits

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“It is at these markets that I meet turbulent and boisterous disorderliness that is hardly seen in Japan nowadays.”

Adjective

Unruly or uncontrolled in behavior

insurrectionary

without law and order

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

unauthorized^US

against the law

under-the-counter

in violation of law

under the table

against the rules

unauthorised^UK

under the counter

under-the-table

contrary to law

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“Firmness is more effective than concession in calming the turbulent child.”

Adjective

Characterized by rough, windy or stormy conditions

rough-and-tumble

raining cats and dogs

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“She had looked forward to seeing Sam, and she was worried about him traveling through the turbulent weather.”

Adjective

Characterized by agitation, typically of a body of water

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“The North Sea is an enchanting voyage across alternately silky and turbulent waters.”

Adjective

Rebellious or defiant to authority

insurrectionary

attention-seeking

individualistic

passive-aggressive

ill-disciplined

insurrectionist

lacking self-control

undisciplinable

like a loose cannon

unaccommodating

causing trouble

spreading like wildfire

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

obstinately disobedient

as cross as two sticks

on a short fuse

confrontational

difficult to handle

having short fuse

hot under collar

stubborn as a mule

huffy irascible

unreciprocating

not cooperative

full of mischief

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

impossible to cope with

off straight and narrow

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Adjective

Unsteady and prone to unexpected changes

blowing hot and cold

full of ups and downs

vicissitudinous

subject to change

likely to change

always changing

rapidly changing

constantly changing

continuously changing

rapidly evolving

in fits and starts

on-again-off-again

in bits and pieces

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Adjective

Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty

bundle of nerves

tossing and turning

discombobulated

on pins and needles

discountenanced

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

hot and bothered

a bundle of nerves

in a state of agitation

in a cold sweat

feeling anxious

in a state of nerves

all of a lather

all of a dither

with one's stomach in knots

having butterflies in the stomach

with your heart in your mouth

like a fish out of water

easily frightened

easily agitated

hot under the collar

bricking oneself

shaking in one's shoes

sweating bullets

all of a flutter

lacking social skills

at sixes and sevens

terror-stricken

in fear and trepidation

caught off balance

out of countenance

thrown off balance

emotionally confused

full of problems

beset by problems

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Adjective

In a state of complete confusion and disorder

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

higgledy-piggledy

utterly confused

at sixes and sevens

every which way

all over the place

all over the shop

all over the lot

all over the map

discombobulated

like a bomb's hit it

thrown together

like a dog's breakfast

like a dog's dinner

in total disarray

not functioning properly

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Adjective

Bouncing or causing things to bounce

Adjective

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

fraught with danger

potentially violent

full of upheavals

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a vortex

Adjective

Fond of, or prone to, quarreling

confrontational

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

ill-humoured^UK

spoiling for a fight

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

having a chip on one's shoulder

have a bone to pick

easily offended

as cross as two sticks

passive-aggressive

insurrectionary

looking for trouble

at daggers drawn

individualistic

unaccommodating

itching to fight

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

dead set against

dissenting from

acting in opposition

in disagreement with

at variance with

bundle of nerves

set in one's ways

pass-remarkable

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Adjective

Very loud or having a high volume

clearly audible

extremely noisy

raising the roof

as clear as a bell

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