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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
unrulier
See unruly
WordNet (r) 2.0
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