TUR'BULENT, a. [L. turbulentus, from turbo, to disturb.]
1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; being in violent commotion; as the turbulent ocean. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tost and turbulent. The turbulent mirth of wine.2. Restless; unquiet; refractory; disposed to insubordination and disorder; as turbulent spirits.3. Producing commotion. Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes.