turbulent

adj 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" [syn: {disruptive}, {riotous},

{troubled}, {tumultuous}]

2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence;

"the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn: {churning},

{roiling}, {roiled}, {roily}]