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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: 1. Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules: 2. Unruly hair is difficult…. Learn more.
Unruly definition: not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless. See examples of UNRULY used in a sentence.
UNRULY meaning: 1. Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules: 2. Unruly hair is difficult…. Learn more.
Unruly suggests persistently disorderly behavior or character in persons or things: an unruly child, peevish and willful; wild, unruly hair.
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.
When someone is unruly, they've thrown the rules out of the window. An unruly person refuses to obey authority, while an unruly piece of hair might refuse to stay inside a clip. And if a cat herder had trouble corralling kittens for a parade, there would be unruly kittens everywhere!
Synonyms for UNRULY: rebellious, rebel, defiant, stubborn, wayward, willful, obstreperous, disobedient; Antonyms of UNRULY: docile, obedient, submissive, amiable, compliant, cooperative, tractable, amenable.
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.
un·ru·ly. (ŭn-ro͞o′lē) 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.
