Ungovernable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ungovernable \Un*gov"ern*a*ble\, a.
     Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or
     restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable
     passions. -- {Un*gov"ern*a*bly}, adv. --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ungovernable
       adj : of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited,
             but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: {indocile}, {uncontrollable},
              {unruly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "ungovernable":
     beyond control, breachy, contumacious, defiant, disobedient,
     fractious, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible,
     intractable, irrepressible, obstreperous, out of hand, rebellious,
     recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, shrewish,
     unbiddable, uncontrollable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable,
     unruly, unsubmissive, wild