unruliness

  • 11unruliness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑fractiousness, ↑willfulness, ↑wilfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful (for: ↑wilfulness), ↑willful …

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  • 12unruly — unruliness, n. /un rooh lee/, adj., unrulier, unruliest. not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness. [1350 1400; ME unruely, equiv. to un UN 1 + ruly,… …

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  • 13University of Connecticut — This article is about the public university in Storrs, Connecticut. For the private institution in New London, Connecticut, see Connecticut College. University of Connecticut Established 1881 Type …

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  • 14contrariness — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑perversity, ↑perverseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse (for: ↑perverseness), ↑perverse ( …

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  • 15fractiousness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑unruliness, ↑willfulness, ↑wilfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful (for: ↑wilfulness), ↑willful …

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  • 16perverseness — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑contrariness, ↑perversity • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse, ↑perverse (for: ↑perversity), ↑ …

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  • 17perversity — noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: ↑contrariness, ↑perverseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perverse (for: ↑perverseness), ↑perverse, ↑ …

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  • 18wilfulness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑unruliness, ↑fractiousness, ↑willfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful, ↑willful (for: ↑willfulness), ↑ …

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  • 19willfulness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑unruliness, ↑fractiousness, ↑wilfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful (for: ↑wilfulness), ↑willful, ↑ …

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  • 20Effrenation — Ef fre*na tion, n. [L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle.] Unbridled license; unruliness. [Obs.] Cockeram. [1913 Webster] …

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