Definitions for unruly
ʌnˈru liun·ru·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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"

2. disobedient, unrulyadjective

   unwilling to submit to authority

   "unruly teenagers"

3. indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrulyadjective

   of persons

   "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unrulyadjective

   wild; uncontrolled

   The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.

2. Etymology: probably from. Cognate to rolig, ruhig

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unruly

   not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unruly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unruly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of unruly in a Sentence

1. Delta Air Lines:

   Situations like these are rare and regrettable for the vast majority of our customers and Delta has zero tolerance for unruly behavior at our airports and aboard our aircraft, we applaud our flight crew's quick decision to divert and address the situation as expeditiously as possible so the remainder of our customers can resume their travels.

2. Yaron Brook:

   But while capitalism may be a convenient scapegoat, it did not cause any of these problems. Indeed, whatever one wishes to call the unruly mixture of freedom and government controls that made up our economic and political system during the last three decades, one cannot call it capitalism.

3. Nicole Perna:

   Chris is currently in Las Vegas as he is performing at Drai's on May 5th and receiving a Key to the Strip that day as well, he has a suite at the hotel that has a basketball court and invited friends to come play. An unruly individual showed up uninvited and was removed from the premises. Chris was not in an altercation with this person.

4. Ron DeSantis:

   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.

5. Heather MacDonald:

   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.

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