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- Dictionaryunruly/ʌnˈruːli/
adjective
- 1. disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control: "a group of unruly children"
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The meaning of UNRULY is not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed. How to use unruly in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Unruly.
UNRULY definition: 1. Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules: 2. Unruly hair is difficult…. Learn more.
Unruly definition: not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless. See examples of UNRULY used in a sentence.
Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules: an unruly class of adolescents. Unruly hair is difficult to keep neat, often sticking up or out: an unruly mop of black hair. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Uncontrolled.
When someone is unruly, they've thrown the rules out of the window. An unruly person refuses to obey authority, while an unruly piece of hair might refuse to stay inside a clip. And if a cat herder had trouble corralling kittens for a parade, there would be unruly kittens everywhere!
Unruly suggests persistently disorderly behavior or character in persons or things: an unruly child, peevish and willful; wild, unruly hair.
If you describe people, especially children, as unruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control.
un·ru·ly. (ŭn-ro͞o′lē) adj.un·ru·li·er, un·ru·li·est. 1. Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule: The substitute teacher faced unruly students in the classroom. 2. Difficult to keep in place or in order: tried to comb his unruly hair; trimmed back the unruly bushes.
adjective. /ʌnˈruːli/ difficult to control or manage synonym disorderly. an unruly class. unruly behaviour. unruly hair (= difficult to keep looking neat) He struggled hard to control his unruly emotions. The police were attacked by an unruly mob. There have been complaints about her unruly behaviour. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
adjective. unrulier, unruliest. Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule. The substitute teacher faced unruly students in the classroom. American Heritage. Hard to control, restrain, or keep in order; disobedient, disorderly, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Wild; uncontrolled.
