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   Un·ru·ly

   /ˌənˈro͞olē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control: "Kate tried to control her unruly emotions"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from un-1 ‘not’ + archaic ruly ‘amenable to discipline or order’ (from rule).

   Derivatives

   • 1. unruliness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   What does unruly mean?

   • (Definition of unruly from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) （人）難以控制的，難駕馭的，難管束的, （頭髮）難梳理的，蓬亂的… （人）难以控制的，难驾驭的，难管束的, （头发）难梳理的，蓬乱的… rebelde, revoltoso, indisciplinado… indisciplinado… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! UNRULY definition: 1. behaving badly and difficult to control: 2.

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   What does unruly hair mean?

   • Unruly hair is difficult to keep tidy. （人）難以控制的，難駕馭的，難管束的, （頭髮）難梳理的，蓬亂的… （人）难以控制的，难驾驭的，难管束的, （头发）难梳理的，蓬乱的… rebelde, revoltoso, indisciplinado… indisciplinado… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! unruly meaning: 1. behaving badly and difficult to control: 2. Unruly hair is difficult to keep tidy..

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   What are some examples of unruly behaviour?

   • He struggled hard to control his unruly emotions. The police were attacked by an unruly mob. There have been complaints about her unruly behaviour. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   How can you tell if a girl is unruly?

   • • You can spot her by her unruly hair and her shocking-pink work suit. • They recruited their soldiers from the more adventurous or the more unruly on their route. • She cried her heart out, all because of an unruly trouble-making, black-hearted child who was ripping her apart.

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   Unruly, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory describe persons or things that resist management or control. Unruly suggests persistently disorderly behavior or character in persons or things: an unruly child, peevish and willful; wild, unruly hair.

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   Definitions of 'unruly' 1. If you describe people, especially children, as unruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control. [...] 2. Unruly hair is difficult to keep tidy. [...] More. Synonyms of 'unruly' • uncontrollable, wild, unmanageable, disorderly [...] More. Collocations with the word 'unruly' unruly passenger.

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   Unruly definition: not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless. See examples of UNRULY used in a sentence.

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   Origin unruly (1400-1500) ruly “behaving well” ((15-21 centuries)), from rule. unruly meaning, definition, what is unruly: violent or difficult to control: Learn more.