turbulent

Adjective

• (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
  • the river's roiling current
    
  • turbulent rapids
    

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  • effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive
    
  • riotous times
    
  • these troubled areas
    
  • the tumultuous years of his administration
    
  • a turbulent and unruly childhood
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  churning , roiling , roiled , roily , disruptive , riotous , troubled , tumultuous