Unruly
[ʌn'ruːlɪ] or [ʌn'ruli]
Definition
(superl.) Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Turbulent, ungovernable, refractory, disobedient, insubordinate, mutinous, riotous, seditious, rebellious.
Edited by Bryan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ungovernable, unmanageable, refractory,[See TRANQUIL]
Edited by Constantine
Examples
- Two ropes would be put about the neck of each animal, with a slip noose, so that he could be choked if too unruly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Domestics are in all countries a spoiled and unruly set. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is full of unruly members. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Warren