ADJECTIVE | all | unruly, boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline |
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all | unruly, disobedient | unwilling to submit / submit to authority | |
all | unruly, indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable | of persons |
Sounds | ahnruw'liy | |
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Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... |
Meaning | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. | |
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Example | "an unruly class" | |
Synonyms | boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious | |
Broader | disorderly | undisciplined and unruly |
Spanish | borrascoso | |
Nouns | unruliness | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
Meaning | Unwilling to submit / submit to authority. | |
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Example | "unruly teenagers" | |
Synonym | disobedient | |
Broader | insubordinate | not submissive to authority |
Spanish | desobediente, indisciplinado | |
Nouns | unruliness | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
Meaning | Of persons. | |
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Example | "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" | |
Synonyms | indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable | |
Broader | unmanageable, difficult | Hard to control |
Spanish | incorregible, indomable, ingobernable, insumiso | |
Catalan | contumaç, indisciplinable, indòcil, indomable, ingovernable, repropi | |
Nouns | unruliness | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
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