Meaning of unruly in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˌənˈruli/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   unruly

   Definitions

   1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

   Examples

   • « a boisterous crowd »
   • « a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand »
   • « a robustious group of teenagers »
   • « beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of or »

   Synonyms

   • disorderly
2. 2. unwilling to submit to authority

   Examples

   • « unruly teenagers »

   Synonyms

   • insubordinate
3. 3. of persons

   Examples

   • « the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly »

   Synonyms

   • unmanageable