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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

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