See tumultuous in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Marked by unrest or disturbance:
stormy, tempestuous, turbulent. See calmViolently disturbed or agitated, as by storms:
dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calm
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