Definitions for turbulent

turbulent tur·bu·lent

Spelling: [tur-byuh-luh nt]
IPA: /ˈtɜr byə lənt/

Turbulent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in turbulent (belnrttuu).

Definitions for turbulent

adjective

  1. being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed:
  2. characterized by, or showing disturbance, disorder, etc.:
  3. given to acts of violence and aggression:

Origin of turbulent

1530-40; Latin turbulentus restless, equivalent to turb(a) turmoil + -ulentus -ulent

Examples for turbulent

We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure.

This bred high tempers, turbulent manners and contempt for the weak.

Each 6000kg sculpture is lowered to the seabed where it is drilled into the substrate to lessen the effects of turbulent weather.

Confused and turbulent as Tiverton had become, Nicholas Oldfield settled her at once.

The events of that day dropped out of my mind in the turbulent weeks that followed.

There are no polls yet in the attorney general race, but in a turbulent year in Lone Star politics, anything could happen.

Every one, even in a turbulent, ill-disciplined life, should do the same.

A group of them mentor the turbulent, desperate kids fresh off the streets who are at their most violent when they first arrive.

The turbulent waters caused one of his oars to crack, which—without a motor or a sail—can be severely detrimental to his voyage.

I wondered who else was making a mark in the field in these turbulent times.

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