Unruly means lacking in restraint or not submitting to authority. Spitballs, shouting kids, a shouting teacher––these are all signs of an unruly classroom. Often, one unruly student is all it takes.
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory;
Adjective S.
of persons; "the little boy''s parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
Adjective S.
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 or
Adjective S.
unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"
superl.
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint;
disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly
boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
Unruly
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory;
Usage Examples
The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.
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Other Usage ExamplesHope is a very unruly emotion.
I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of them. I would like to be remembered as a kind person, a great Mom, and a bit unruly - in a good way!
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