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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

Marked by or involving public disorder

Unsteady and prone to unexpected changes

Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty

Of or pertaining to a vortex

In a state of complete confusion and disorder

Bouncing or causing things to bounce

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

Relating to crime

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

attention-seeking

insurrectionary

individualistic

passive-aggressive

insurrectionist

ill-disciplined

lacking self-control

causing trouble

unaccommodating

undisciplinable

like a loose cannon

spreading like wildfire

obstinately disobedient

confrontational

stubborn as a mule

not giving an inch

difficult to handle

making difficulties

unreciprocating

full of mischief

not cooperative

impossible to cope with

off straight and narrow

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

Adjective

Characterized by rough, windy or stormy conditions

well-ventilated

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

Marked by or involving public disorder

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

from left field

on-again-off-again

in bits and pieces

in fits and starts

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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 dither

all of a lather

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

shaking in one's shoes

bricking oneself

sweating bullets

all of a flutter

lacking social skills

at sixes and sevens

caught off balance

out of countenance

thrown off balance

terror-stricken

in fear and trepidation

emotionally confused

full of problems

beset by problems

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Adjective

Of or pertaining to a vortex

Adjective

In a state of complete confusion and disorder

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

higgledy-piggledy

utterly confused

at sixes and sevens

every which way

without law and order

all over the place

discombobulated

like a bomb's hit it

all over the map

all over the shop

all over the lot

like a dog's dinner

like a dog's breakfast

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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

Relating to crime

unauthorised^UK

unauthorized^US

against the law

insurrectionary

under-the-table

against the rules

contrary to law

in violation of law

without law and order

under the counter

under-the-counter

under the table

unconstitutional

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

outside the law

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Adjective

Fond of, or prone to, quarreling

confrontational

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

spoiling for a fight

having a chip on one's shoulder

have a bone to pick

passive-aggressive

insurrectionary

easily offended

looking for trouble

at daggers drawn

individualistic

ill-humoured^UK

itching to fight

unaccommodating

dead set against

dissenting from

acting in opposition

in disagreement with

at variance with

set in one's ways

undisciplinable

attention-seeking

ill-disciplined

obstinately disobedient

without law and order

insurrectionist

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

lacking self-control

full of mischief

unfavourable^UK

like a loose cannon

stubborn as a mule

causing trouble

socially impaired

easily provoked

on a short fuse

off straight and narrow

double-crossing

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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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