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Characterized by fierce, extreme, or violent energy or force

Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion

Characterized by windy or stormy conditions

Unruly in behavior

Likely to change, especially rapidly, significantly or unpredictably

Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin

Of or pertaining to a vortex

In a state of complete confusion and disorder

Feeling worried and uneasy

Bouncing or causing things to bounce

Relating to crime

Very loud or having a high volume

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly

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Adjective

Characterized by fierce, extreme, or violent energy or force

hammer and tongs

knock-down-and-drag-out

full of upheavals

rough-and-tumble

full of ups and downs

well-ventilated

full of conflict

at the boiling point

potentially violent

fraught with danger

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

beside yourself

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

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

Characterized by windy or stormy conditions

raining cats and dogs

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Unruly in behavior

insurrectionary

attention-seeking

ill-disciplined

spreading like wildfire

insurrectionist

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

lacking self-control

wild and woolly

causing trouble

undisciplinable

like a loose cannon

individualistic

exceeding bounds

confrontational

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

raising the roof

unfavourable^UK

unaccommodating

obstinately disobedient

disadvantageous

full of mischief

stubborn as a mule

without law and order

impossible to cope with

as stubborn as a mule

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

socially impaired

difficult to handle

inextinguishable

off straight and narrow

not to be borne

beside yourself

like one possessed

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

Adjective

Likely to change, especially rapidly, significantly or unpredictably

full of ups and downs

blowing hot and cold

subject to change

likely to change

vicissitudinous

continuously changing

always changing

constantly changing

self-contradictory

from left field

on-again-off-again

in bits and pieces

in fits and starts

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Adjective

Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin

fast and furious

hell broke loose

like Piccadilly Circus

out of one's head

out of one's skull

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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

all over the map

all over the shop

all over the lot

badly organized

without purpose

discombobulated

catch-as-catch-can

like a bomb's hit it

without direction

undiscriminating

like a dog's breakfast

like a dog's dinner

in total disarray

undifferentiating

thrown together

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Adjective

Feeling worried and uneasy

bundle of nerves

like a cat on hot bricks

like a cat on a hot tin roof

tossing and turning

on pins and needles

in a state of agitation

all of a dither

in a state of nerves

all of a lather

discombobulated

all of a doodah

bricking oneself

a bundle of nerves

in a cold sweat

like a fish out of water

waiting with bated breath

hot and bothered

waiting for the axe to fall

with one's stomach in knots

with butterflies in one's stomach

with one's heart in one's mouth

discountenanced

restlessly moving

easily frightened

easily agitated

mentally unsettled

sweating bullets

having butterflies in the stomach

hot under the collar

all of a flutter

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

champing at the bit

shaking in one's shoes

having cabin fever

lacking social skills

on the qui vive

having stage fright

having butterflies

having cold feet

having a funny feeling

feeling anxious

hot-and-bothered

throwing a wobbly

beside yourself

out of your mind

hot under collar

at the end of your tether

ill-humoured^UK

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Adjective

Bouncing or causing things to bounce

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

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unconstitutional

outside the law

gone to the dogs

beyond contempt

good-for-nothing

deserving blame

unconscientious

off straight and narrow

in the fast lane

pleasure-seeking

lacking restraint

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Adjective

Very loud or having a high volume

clearly audible

extremely noisy

ill-disciplined

wild and woolly

attention-seeking

rough-and-tumble

insurrectionary

raising the roof

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Adjective

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly

like a blowtorch

uncomfortably warm

like a Turkish bath

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