Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Moving rapidly or violently.
- adjective Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; being in violent commotion: as, the turbulent ocean.
- Restless; unquiet; refractory; disposed to insubordination and disorder; hence, violent; tumultuous; riotous; disorderly.
- Producing commotion or agitation; inducing turbulence.
- Synonyms and Obstreperous, uproarious, brawling; seditious, mutinous, revolutionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion.
- adjective Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory.
- adjective Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective violently
disturbed oragitated ;tempestuous ,tumultuous - adjective being in, or causing,
disturbance orunrest
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- adjective (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Other times it is like what they call a turbulent bore or a rush of white water that goes in.
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His appeal came at the end of what he called a "turbulent" week for the banking industry after disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood.
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Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times.
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Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times.
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Oil analyst Bright Simons points to other concerns, including possible security issues in turbulent West Africa.
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Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times.
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Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times.
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Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times.
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Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times.
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Finding a peaceful path to follow is possible even while living in turbulent Mexico City and in these turbulent times.
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