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- DictionaryUn·ru·ly/ˌənˈro͞olē/
adjective
- 1. disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control: "Kate tried to control her unruly emotions"
The meaning of UNRULY is not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed. How to use unruly in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Unruly.
Unruly definition: not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless. See examples of UNRULY used in a sentence.
UNRULY definition: 1. Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules: 2. Unruly hair is difficult…. Learn more.
UNRULY meaning: 1. Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules: 2. Unruly hair is difficult…. Learn more.
Unruly means lacking in restraint or not submitting to authority. Spitballs, shouting kids, a shouting teacher — these are all signs of an unruly classroom. Often, one unruly student is all it takes.
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.
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.
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.
