unruly English

Meaning unruly meaning

What does unruly mean?

unruly

— adjective (= boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious) 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

— adjective unwilling to submit to authority unruly teenagers

— adjective of persons the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly

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unruly English » English

ungovernable

disobedient

refractory

wild

wayward

unrestrained

naughty

uncontrollable

recalcitrant

intractable

unmanageable

rambunctious

rumbustious

mischievous

insubordinate

undisciplined

unbridled

self-willed

robustious

rebellious

incorrigible

boisterous

uncontrolled

turbulent

troublesome

tough

stubborn

savage

rowdy

restive

over-familiar

obstreperous

lawless

indocile

impertinent

ill-behaved

frolicsome

frisky

disorderly

delinquent

deadend

be stubborn

wilful

violent

unyielding

untoward

untameable

unobstructed

unmannerly

ungoverned