unruly (redirected from unruliest)

un·ru·ly  (n-rl)

adj. un·ru·li·er, un·ru·li·est

Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule.

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[Middle English unreuli : un-, not; see un-¹ + reuli, easy to govern (from reule, rule; see rule).]

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un·ruli·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.

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unruly

Adjective

[-lier, -liest] difficult to control or organize; disobedient or undisciplined

unruliness n

Thesaurus

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" boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"
	2.	unruly - unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" disobedient 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" indocile, ungovernable, uncontrollable difficult, unmanageable - hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

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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

unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adj → indisciplinado

unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adj → indiscipliné(e)

unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adj [child, behaviour] → ungebärdig; [hair] → widerspenstig

unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adj → indisciplinato/a

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unruly

adj unruly [anˈruːli]

uncontrollable or disorderly unruly teenagers/behaviour.rumoerigصَعْب المِراس، غَيْر مِطواعбуенneukázněnýuregerlig; vildunbändigατίθασος, ανεξέλεγκτοςindisciplinadokontrollimatuسرکشkuritonindisciplinéלא מְמוּשמָעबेलगामnepokoranengedetlenóstÿriláturindisciplinato手に負えないnesuvaldomas, nepaklusnusnepaklausīgs; nevaldāmstdk mudah dikawalonhandelbaarustyrlig, uregjerlig, vilterniezdyscyplinowany, niesfornyindisciplinadode necontrolatнепослушныйnedisciplinovaný, priečnyneposlušenneposlušanostyrig, bångstyrigซึ่งไม่สามารถควบคุมได้zaptolunamaz, idaresi zor難控制的, 不收拘束的непокірний, неслухнянийمنہہ زور، سرکشngang bướng, ương ngạnh难控制的, 不收拘束的

n unˈruliness

rumoerعَدَم الإنضِباط، صُعوبَة المِراسнепокорностnekázeňuregerligheddie Unbändigkeitαπείθεια, ανυπακοήindisciplina, falta de disciplinaallumatusنافرمانیkurittomuusindisciplineחוֹסֶר מִשמַעַתउपद्रवnepokornostengedetlenségóstÿrilætiindisciplina腕白nesuvaldomumas, nepaklusnumasnepaklausīgums; nevaldāmībasifat yg tdk mudah dikawalonhandelbaarheidustyrlighet, vilterhetniezdyscyplinowanieindisciplinaindisciplinăнепослушаниеnedisciplinovanosť; spurnosťneposlušnostneposlušnoostyrighet, bångstyrighetความดื้อรั้นazgınlık, taşkınlık難控制неслухняністьسرکشيngang bướng, ương ngạnh难控制