Of the sea, a stream, the weather, etc.: Violently agitated, rough, stormy, tempestuous, ‘raging’; hence figurative or gen. Full of disturbance or…

Characterized by lack of peace; violent, hostile, turbulent. Also in early use (of the sea): †rough, stormy (obsolete).

= trouble, adj. 3.

Physically agitated; of the sea, sky, etc., stormy; of water, wine, etc., stirred up so as to diffuse the sediment, made thick or muddy, turbid.

Turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent.

Of the sea, waves, etc.: agitated, turbulent, tossing. Chiefly poetic. Now somewhat rare.

The reverse of quiet; unquiet, restless, uneasy, disturbed.

Of water, etc.: Agitated, troubled, broken into waves.

Of the sea, clouds, etc.: agitated, disturbed.

Of water: Raised in small waves, ruffled.