Turbulent
['tɜːbjʊl(ə)nt] or ['tɝbjələnt]
Definition
(a.) Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.
(a.) Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.
(a.) Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Tumultuous, disorderly, blustering, obstreperous, boisterous, uproarious, blatant, brawling, vociferous.[2]. Riotous, seditious, mutinous, refractory, insurgent, rebellious, revolutionary, jacobinical.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See TUMULT]
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Definition
adj. tumultuous disturbed: in violent commotion: disposed to disorder: restless: producing commotion.—ns. Tur′bulence Tur′bulency.—adv. Tur′bulently.
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Examples
- All at once, in the midst of his turbulent emotions, Bradley stopped and seemed to challenge his look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But the Stamp Act affair was only one eddy in a turbulent stream flowing towards civil war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was strange to think that this place of silence and decay was the home of the turbulent Blenkers; yet Archer was sure that he was not mistaken. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was now early spring, and the river was swollen and turbulent; great cakes of floating ice were swinging heavily to and fro in the turbid waters. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Darwin was not, however, of a turbulent disposition. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Higgins was known to him by name as a turbulent spirit. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Clennam rose softly, opened and closed the door without a sound, and passed from the prison, carrying the quiet with him into the turbulent streets. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her soul is turbulent within her; she is sick at heart and restless. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was a hurry, too, in all his thoughts, a turbulent and heated working of his heart, that contended against resignation. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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