What does unruly mean?
Definitions for unruly
ʌnˈru liun·ru·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unrulyadjective
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"
disobedient, unrulyadjective
unwilling to submit to authority
"unruly teenagers"
indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrulyadjective
of persons
"the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
Wiktionary
unrulyadjective
wild; uncontrolled
The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.
Etymology: probably from. Cognate to rolig, ruhig
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unrulyadjective
Turbulent; ungovernable; licentious; tumultuous.
In sacred bands of wedlock ty’d
To Therion, a loose unruly swain;
Who had more joy to range the forest wide,
And chace the savage beast with busy pain. Fairy Queen.Down I come, like glist’ring Phaeton,
Wanting the manage of unruly jades. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.The best and soundest of his time hath been but rash; then must we look from his age, to receive but unruly waywardness. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.
The tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Ja. iii.
Thou dost a better life, and nobler vigour give;
Dost each unruly appetite controul. Wentworth Dillon.Love insults, disguised in the cloud,
And welcome force of that unruly croud. Edmund Waller.Passions kept their place, and transgressed not the boundaries of their proper natures; nor were the disorders begun, which are occasioned by the licence of unruly appetites. Joseph Glanvill.
You must not go where you may dangers meet.
Th’ unruly sword will no distinction make,
And beauty will not there give wounds, but take. Dryden.
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unruly
Unruly refers to something or someone that is disorderly, out of control, or difficult to manage or discipline due to disobedience or noncompliance with established rules or conventions. It's often used to describe behavior that disrupts order or goes against standard norms.
Webster Dictionary
Unruly
not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unruly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unruly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of unruly in a Sentence
Sending unruly mobs to private residences, like we have seen with the angry crowds in front of the homes of Supreme Court justices, is inappropriate, this bill will provide protection to those living in residential communities, and I am glad to sign it into law.
The current regime of unregulated, unruly, unethical influence companies both makes us unsafe and undermines democratic debate.
The closure of the school is really a source of concern and very disturbing to us who have unruly children and wards.
The protesters surrounded all the doors to the Atheneum where I was supposed to speak, so none of the students who had signed up to attend my lecture could get in, i was hustled from my guest suite by several police officers from Claremont PD into the lecture hall. It was decided that I would give the speech for live streaming to a largely empty hall. The organizers moved the podium so that it would not be visible through the windows to the students surrounding the building once night fell. We jumpstarted the timing of my talk as the crowd seemed to be getting more unruly.
Our pilot relied on his training and professionalism, was able to just push the passenger backwards, retook control of the aircraft, passengers helped restrain the unruly passenger, and they landed the plane without incident. Further incident.
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- جامح, متوحش, خارج عن السيطرةArabic
- widerspenstigGerman
- revoltoso, descontrolado, incontrolableSpanish
- سرکش, نافرمانPersian
- kuritonFinnish
- indiscipliné, désobéissant, incontrôlableFrench
- अनियंत्रितHindi
- סוררHebrew
- descontrolado, desgovernadoPortuguese
- nesupus, neascultătorRomanian
- непокорныйRussian
- ngỗ nghịchVietnamese
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