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unruly
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un·ru·ly  (n-rl)
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·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).

unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ]
adj -lier, -liest
disposed to disobedience or indiscipline
unruliness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unruly - noisy and lacking in restraint or disciplineunruly - 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 authorityunruly - unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"
insubordinate - not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"
3.unruly - of personsunruly - 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
Translations
unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] ADJ (unrulier (compar) (unruliest (superl)))
1. [behaviour] → rebelde; [child] → revoltoso; [mob] → alterado
2. (liter) [hair] → rebelde

unruly [ʌnˈruːli] adj
[child, behaviour] → indiscipliné(e); [crowd] → incontrôlé(e)
[hair] → indiscipliné(e)

unruly
adj (+er) child, behaviourwild, ungebärdig; employeeschwer kontrollierbar, aufmüpfig (hum inf); elements, crowd, mobwild, tobend; hairwiderspenstig, nicht zu bändigend attr; unruly passenger (Aviat) → randalierender Passagier

unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (behaviour) → indisciplinato/a; (child, mob) → turbolento/a; (hair) → ribelle

unruly
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 제어하기 어려운 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, 任性的 непокірний, неслухняний منہہ زور، سرکش ngang bướng, ương ngạnh ,
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 제멋대로임 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


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Cubes of lamb had a pleasant crunchy texture but the meat's sweet flavour had been battered into submission by over-use of that unruliest of spices, cumin.
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