un·ru·ly ( n-r  l )adj. un·ru·li·er, un·ru·li·est Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule. [Middle English unreuli : un-, not; see un-1 + reuli, easy to govern (from reule, rule; see rule).] un·ru li·ness n.Synonyms: unruly, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, headstrong, wayward These adjectives mean resistant or marked by resistance to control. Unruly implies failure to submit to rule or discipline: unruly behavior in class. Intractable and refractory refer to what is obstinate and difficult to manage or control: "the intractable ferocity of his captive" (Edgar Allan Poe). "The idea of ecclesiastical authority ... woke all the refractory nerves of opposition inherited from five generations of Puritans" (Harriet Beecher Stowe). One that is recalcitrant rebels against authority: arrested the recalcitrant protestors. Headstrong describe one obstinately bent on having his or her own way: The headstrong senator ignored his constituency. One who is wayward willfully and often perversely departs from what is desired, advised, expected, or required: "a lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward" (Charlotte Brontë). |
unruly
Adjective
[-lier, -liest] difficult to control or organize; disobedient or undisciplined
unruliness n
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| Adj. | 1. |  unruly - 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"disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" |
| 2. |  unruly - unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"insubordinate - not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys" | |
| 3. |  unruly - of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"difficult, unmanageable - hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation" |
unruly
adjective uncontrollable, wild, unmanageable, disorderly, turbulent, rebellious, wayward, rowdy, intractable, wilful, lawless, fractious, riotous, headstrong, mutinous, disobedient, ungovernable, refractory, obstreperous, insubordinate << OPPOSITE manageable
Translations
adj unruly [anˈruːli]
uncontrollable or disorderly unruly teenagers/behaviour. rumoerig صَعْب المِراس، غَيْر مِطواع буен neukázněný uregerlig; vild unbändig ατίθασος, ανεξέλεγκτος indisciplinado kontrollimatu سرکش kuriton indiscipliné לא מְמוּשמָע बेलगाम nepokoran engedetlen óstÿrilátur indisciplinato 手に負えない nesuvaldomas, nepaklusnus nepaklausīgs; nevaldāms tdk mudah dikawal onhandelbaar ustyrlig, uregjerlig, vilter niezdyscyplinowany, niesforny indisciplinado de necontrolat непослушный nedisciplinovaný, priečny neposlušen neposlušan ostyrig, bångstyrig ซึ่งไม่สามารถควบคุมได้ zaptolunamaz, idaresi zor 難控制的, 不收拘束的 непокірний, неслухняний منہہ زور، سرکش ngang bướng, ương ngạnh 难控制的, 不收拘束的
n unˈruliness
rumoer عَدَم الإنضِباط، صُعوبَة المِراس непокорност nekázeň uregerlighed die Unbändigkeit απείθεια, ανυπακοή indisciplina, falta de disciplina allumatus نافرمانی kurittomuus indiscipline חוֹסֶר מִשמַעַת उपद्रव nepokornost engedetlenség óstÿrilæti indisciplina 腕白 nesuvaldomumas, nepaklusnumas nepaklausīgums; nevaldāmība sifat yg tdk mudah dikawal onhandelbaarheid ustyrlighet, vilterhet niezdyscyplinowanie indisciplina indisciplină непослушание nedisciplinovanosť; spurnosť neposlušnost neposlušno ostyrighet, bångstyrighet ความดื้อรั้น azgınlık, taşkınlık 難控制 неслухняність سرکشي ngang bướng, ương ngạnh 难控制
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