Ungovernable \Un*gov"ern*a*ble\, a.
Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or
restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable
passions. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ungovernable
adj : of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited,
but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile, uncontrollable,
unruly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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