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Detailed Synonyms for unruly in English

unruly:

unruly adj

  1. unruly
  2. unruly
  3. unruly
  4. unruly
    – of persons 1
    unruly; uncontrollable; ungovernable; indocile
    – of persons 1
  5. unruly
    – noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline 1
    boisterous; unruly; rumbustious; rambunctious; robustious
    – noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline 1
    • boisterous adj
      • a boisterous crowd1
    • unruly adj
      • an unruly class1
    • rumbustious adj
      • beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings1
    • rambunctious adj
      • a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand1
    • robustious adj
      • a robustious group of teenagers1
  6. unruly
    – unwilling to submit to authority 1
    unruly; disobedient
    – unwilling to submit to authority 1

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Related Definitions for "unruly":

  1. of persons1
    • the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly1
  2. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline1
    • an unruly class1
  3. unwilling to submit to authority1
    • unruly teenagers1