disruptive

Adjective

Synonyms: riotous troubled tumultuous turbulent

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

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”Synonyms: riotous troubled tumultuous turbulent

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disruptive \Dis*rupt"ive\, a. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. --Nichol. [1913 Webster]