TURBULENT

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton.

2.
a.

Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits. Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. Dryden.

3.
a.

Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting. Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. Milton.