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Characterized by fierce, extreme, or violent energy or force
“The appalling social conditions had driven the working classes in the early decades of the century into a turbulent struggle for emancipation.”
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.”
Energetic, noisy, boisterous, and difficult to control
“It is at these markets that I meet turbulent and boisterous disorderliness that is hardly seen in Japan nowadays.”
Unruly or uncontrolled in behavior
“Firmness is more effective than concession in calming the turbulent child.”
Characterized by rough, windy or stormy conditions
“She had looked forward to seeing Sam, and she was worried about him traveling through the turbulent weather.”
Characterized by agitation, typically of a body of water
“The North Sea is an enchanting voyage across alternately silky and turbulent waters.”
Marked by or involving public disorder
Full of life, spirit, energy, or movement
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
Hectic, full of work or activities
Bouncing or causing things to bounce
Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation
Relating to crime
Fond of, or prone to, quarreling
Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion
Very loud or having a high volume
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