turbulent meaning and definition

TURBULENT adjective

Definition of turbulent (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous
2. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
   • "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"
   • synonyms: churning, roiled, roiling, roily