3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Unruly \Un*rul"y\, a. [Compar. {Unrulier}, superl. {Unruliest}.] [Pref. un- not + rule. Cf. {Ruly}.] Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct. [1913 Webster] But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. --James iii. 8. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: unruly adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "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 ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: {boisterous}, {rambunctious}, {robustious}, {rumbustious}] 2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: {disobedient}] 3: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: {indocile}, {uncontrollable}, {ungovernable}] [also: {unruliest}, {unrulier}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: unruliest See {unruly}
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