Unruly
11unruly — UK [ʌnˈruːlɪ] / US [ʌnˈrulɪ] adjective Word forms unruly : adjective unruly comparative unrulier superlative unruliest very difficult to control unruly children She spent hours trying to tame her unruly hair …
12unruly — un|ru|ly [ʌnˈru:li] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: ruly behaving well (15 21 centuries), from rule] 1.) violent or difficult to control = ↑wild ▪ unruly children ▪ unruly behaviour 2.) unruly hair is difficult to keep tidy >unruliness n [U] …
13unruly — un|ru|ly [ ʌn ruli ] adjective very difficult to control: unruly children She spent hours trying to tame her unruly hair …
14unruly — adjective 1 behaving in an uncontrolled or violent way: unruly children 2 unruly hair is untidy unruliness noun (U) …
15unruly — adjective wild; uncontrolled The police gathered to contain the unruly mob …
16unruly — adj. Unruly is used with these nouns: ↑child, ↑curl, ↑hair, ↑mob, ↑pupil, ↑teenager …
17unruly — adjective I can t take care of your unruly brats Syn: disorderly, rowdy, wild, unmanageable, uncontrollable, disobedient, disruptive, undisciplined, restive, wayward, willful, headstrong, irrepressible, obstreperous, difficult, intractable, out… …
18unruly — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, anarchial, anarchic, anarchistic, antinomian, beyond control, boisterous, breachy, chaotic, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, disorderly, disorganized, fractious, froward, go go, hard, headstrong …
19unruly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unmanageable, insubordinate, obstreperous, fractious, refractory, ungovernable, turbulent, boisterous, balky. See disobedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncontrollable, willful, headstrong,… …
20unruly — un·ru·ly || ÊŒn ruËlɪ adj. ungovernable, unmanageable, disobedient, rebellious …
