unruly, adj.
(unrulier, unruliest)
freq. cnt. 1
(unrulier, unruliest)
freq. cnt. 1
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
boisterous rambunctious robustious rumbustious unruly
sample sentences
"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"
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incapable of being controlled
<adj.all>
indocile uncontrollable ungovernable unruly
sample sentences
"the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
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derivationally related form
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similar to
unwilling to submit to authority
<adj.all>
disobedient unruly
sample sentences
"unruly teenagers"
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derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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