tumultuous

• "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"

Synonyms

• disruptivecharacterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
• riotousproduced or growing in extreme abundance; characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; unrestrained by convention or morality
• troubledcharacterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
• turbulentcharacterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; (of a liquid) agitated vigorously