Unruly - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ʌnˈruːlɪ|
Brit.
|ʌnˈruːlɪ|
adjective
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline (syn: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious)
an unruly class
- unwilling to submit to authority (syn: disobedient)unruly teenagers
- incapable of being controlled (syn: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable)the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
Extra examples
...unruly pupils were given detention as a matter of course...
...a camp that was known as a place where unruly youths were given their last chance to shape up...
...one of the more conformable inmates in a prison that's filled with unruly ones...
...getting the whole unruly ménage ready for an outing takes quite a while...
She tucked an unruly lock of hair behind her ear.
The unruly student was excluded from the game
Word forms
adjective
comparative: unrulier
superlative: unruliest
comparative: unrulier
superlative: unruliest
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