Antonyms for turbulent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tur-byuh-luhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɜr byə lənt |
Definition of turbulent
Origin :- 1530s, "disorderly, tumultuous, unruly" (of persons), from Middle French turbulent (12c.), from Latin turbulentus "full of commotion, restless," from turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). In reference to weather, attested from 1570s.
- adj unsettled, raging (referring to weather)
- adj rebellious, unmanageable
- Every one, even in a turbulent, ill-disciplined life, should do the same.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Confused and turbulent as Tiverton had become, Nicholas Oldfield settled her at once.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- The events of that day dropped out of my mind in the turbulent weeks that followed.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- This bred high tempers, turbulent manners and contempt for the weak.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- But although the surface is placid the depths are turbulent.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- I could see we were doomed to have turbulent meals this voyage.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
- Was it the voice of turbulent centuries and the lapsing tides of men?
- Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
- They had been impatient and enduring, turbulent and devoted, unruly and faithful.
- Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
- The girl was fatigued with turbulent emotions, lonely and heartsick.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
Synonyms for turbulent
- agitated
- anarchic
- angry
- bitter
- blustering
- blustery
- boiling
- boisterous
- bumpy
- chaotic
- choppy
- coarse
- confused
- demonstrative
- destructive
- disordered
- disorderly
- disturbed
- excited
- fierce
- fiery
- foaming
- furious
- howling
- inclement
- insubordinate
- lawless
- moiling
- mutinous
- noisy
- obstreperous
- passionate
- perturbed
- quarrelsome
- rabid
- rambunctious
- rampant
- raucous
- refractory
- restless
- riotous
- roaring
- rough
- roughhouse
- rowdy
- rude
- ruffled
- rugged
- seditious
- shaking
- stern
- stirred up
- stormful
- storming
- stormy
- swirling
- tempestuous
- termagant
- thunderous
- tremulous
- tumultous/tumultuous
- unbridled
- uncontrolled
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unruly
- unstable
- untamed
- uproarious
- vehement
- violent
- vociferous
- wild
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