unruly
adjective
1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- an unruly class
Similar word(s): disorderly, boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious
2. unwilling to submit to authority
- unruly teenagers
Similar word(s): insubordinate, disobedient
3. incapable of being controlled
- the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
Similar word(s): difficult, unmanageable, indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable
Sentences with unruly as an adjective:
- The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.
noun
1. People who behave in unruly manner.
- And indeed, since the unruly were removed, the system has proceeded in the most quiet and satisfactory manner.