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tur·bu·lent
(tûr′byə-lənt)adj.
1. Moving rapidly or violently: turbulent rapids.
2. Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest: a turbulent period in history.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin turbulentus, from turba, turmoil; see turbid.]
tur′bu·lent·ly adv.
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turbulent
(ˈtɜːbjʊlənt)adj
1. being in a state of turbulence
2. wild or insubordinate; unruly
[C16: from Latin turbulentus, from turba confusion]
ˈturbulently adv
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tur•bu•lent
(ˈtɜr byə lənt)adj.
1. being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed.
2. characterized by, showing, or causing disturbance, disorder, etc.
3. characterized by turbulence; tempestuous: turbulent waters.
[1530–40; < Latin turbulentus restless =turb(a) turmoil + -ulentus -ulent]
tur′bu•lent•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | turbulent - 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" unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning" |
2. | turbulent - (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled" |
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turbulent
adjective
1. wild, violent, disorderly, agitated, rebellious, unruly, rowdy, boisterous, anarchic, tumultuous, lawless, unbridled, riotous, undisciplined, seditious, mutinous, ungovernable, uproarious, refractory, obstreperous, insubordinate six turbulent years of rows and reconciliations
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turbulent
adjective1. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms:
2. Marked by unrest or disturbance:
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Translations
bouřlivývzrušený
ólgandi; æstur
sukūrys
brāzmainsnevaldāmsvētrains
turbulent
[ˈtɜːbjʊlənt] ADJ1. (= confused, changing) [place, relationship] → turbulento
these are turbulent times → esta es una época turbulenta
these are turbulent times → esta es una época turbulenta
2. (= unruly) [person, character] → problemático; [crowd] → alborotado, soliviantado
3. (= unsettled) [water, sea, air] → turbulento
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turbulent
adj → stürmisch; person, crowd → ungestüm, wild; emotions → aufgewühlt; career, period, world, politics → turbulent
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turbulent
[ˈtɜːbjʊlənt] adj → turbolento/a; (sea) → agitato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
turbulent
(ˈtəːbjulənt) adjective violently disturbed or confused. The seas are turbulent; the turbulent years of war.
ˈturbulently adverbˈturbulence noun
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