turbulent

adjective

• characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not controlled or calm:the country’s turbulent 20-year history her turbulent emotions
• (of air or water) moving unsteadily or violently:the turbulent sea
• technical of, relating to, or denoting flow of a fluid in which the velocity at any point fluctuates irregularly and there is continual mixing rather than a steady or laminar flow pattern.