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Definitions for Unruly

[1] not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
[2] disposed to disobedience or indiscipline

Words related to Unruly

drunken, uncontrollable, reckless, wayward, rowdy, quarrelsome, lawless, ornery, rebellious, impulsive, violent, disorderly, fractious, recalcitrant, unmanageable, turbulent, restive, riotous, assertive, bawdy

Words nearby Unruly

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Origin of Unruly

1350–1400; Middle English unruely, equivalent to un- un-1 + ruly, ruely governable, controllable; see rule, -y1

Other words from Unruly

un·ru·li·ness , noun

Synonyms for Unruly

disorderly, drunken, fractious, impulsive, lawless, ornery, quarrelsome, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, restive, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, uncontrollable, unmanageable, violent, wayward, assertive, bawdy, forward, headstrong, heedless, impervious, impetuous, imprudent, incorrigible, inexorable, insubordinate, intemperate, intractable, mean, mutinous, obstreperous, opinionated, out of control, out of line, perverse, rash, refractory, ungovernable, unyielding, wild, willful