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Meaning of 'unruly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unruly [ superl.]
- Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.

Meaning of 'unruly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unruly [ s]
Meaning (1):
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
Example in sentence:
  • a boisterous crowd;
  • a robustious group of teenagers;
  • a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand;
  • an unruly class;
  • beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
Meaning (2):
- incapable of being controlled
Example in sentence:
  • the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
Meaning (3):
- unwilling to submit to authority
Example in sentence:
  • unruly teenagers

Nearby Words:

unravel unravelment unrazored unread unreadiness unready unreal unreality unrealize unreally

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