unruly

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Similar to:
disorderly
• Derivationally related forms:
unruliness, boisterousness (for: boisterous)
2. unwilling to submit to authority
- unruly teenagers
• Syn:
disobedient
• Similar to:
insubordinate
• Derivationally related forms:
unruliness, disobedience (for: disobedient), disobey (for: disobedient)
3. of persons
- the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
• Syn:
indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable
• Similar to:
unmanageable, difficult
• Derivationally related forms:
unruliness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, disobedient, boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious