UNRULY

indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly

(adjective) incapable of being controlled; “the little boy’s parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly”

boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

(adjective) noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; “a boisterous crowd”; “a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand”; “a robustious group of teenagers”; “beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings”; “an unruly class”

disobedient, unruly

(adjective) unwilling to submit to authority; “unruly teenagers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unruly (comparative unrulier, superlative unruliest)

Wild; uncontrolled.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*rul"y, a. [Compar. Unrulier (, superl. Unruliest.] Etym: [Pref. un- not + rule. Cf. Ruly.]

Definition: Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James iii. 8.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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