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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
Adjective
[-lier, -liest] difficult to control or organize; disobedient or undisciplined
unruliness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unrulyunruly - 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.unrulyunruly - unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"
insubordinate - not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"
3.unrulyunruly - 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
Spanish unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adjindisciplinado
French unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adjindiscipliné(e)
German unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adj [child, behaviour] → ungebärdig; [hair] → widerspenstig
Italian unruly [ʌnˈruːlɪ] adjindisciplinato/a

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But, after all, it may be good for ships to go through a period of restraint and repose, as the restraint and self- communion of inactivity may be good for an unruly soul - not, indeed, that I mean to say that ships are unruly; on the contrary, they are faithful creatures, as so many men can testify.
The objects of geometrical inquiry are so entirely abstracted from those pursuits which stir up and put in motion the unruly passions of the human heart, that mankind, without difficulty, adopt not only the more simple theorems of the science, but even those abstruse paradoxes which, however they may appear susceptible of demonstration, are at variance with the natural conceptions which the mind, without the aid of philosophy, would be led to entertain upon the subject.
The unruly beast presently reared himself an end on his hind legs, and threw his lovely burthen from his back, and Jones caught her in his arms.
 
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