English to English
adjective
- Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- unwilling to submit to authority
Unruly teenagers.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of persons
The little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly.
source: WordNet 3.0
