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unrulyadjective given to resisting authority or another's controlunruly pupils were given detention as a matter of course balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, untoward, wayward, willful(or wilful) noncooperative, uncooperativeinsurgent, mutinousadamant, adamantine, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, negativistic, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyieldingfractious, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wildperverse, resistant, wrongheadedbad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, monkeying, monkeyish, naughtyundisciplineddissident, nonconformistdiscourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, ornery, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, cooperative, deferential, obligingyieldingbehaved, disciplined, well-bredcourteous, polite, respectfulkowtowing, obsequious, servile, slavish, subservientdecorous, mannerly, orderly, propercontrollable, governable, manageable, trainable given to resisting control or discipline by othersa camp that was known as a place where unruly youths were given their last chance to shape up froward, headstrong, incontrollable, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, untoward, wayward, willful(or wilful) bullheaded, contrary, difficult, hardheaded, incorrigible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stiff, stiff-necked, stubbornundisciplined, unpunisheduncontrolled, wildboisterous, irrepressible, rambunctious, rowdydisobedient, indocile, insubordinate, rebelliousmisbehaving, naughty out of hand controllable, governable, manageable, tractable docile, obedient, well-behavedcompliant, placable, pliable, submissive, yieldingaccepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willingreasonable, temperate, trainable not restrained by or under the control of legal authorityunruly mobs roamed the streets of the capital after the government leaders had fled anarchic(also anarchical), disorderly, lawbreaking, lawless defiant, insubordinate, mutinous, rebellious, refractory, riotousundisciplinedcriminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrongfuldisobedient, froward, intractable, recalcitrant law-abiding, orderly lawful, legal, legalized, legitimateamenable, compliant, docile, obedient, submissive, tractable unruly, ungovernable, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, willful, headstrong mean not submissive to government or control.unruly implies lack of discipline or incapacity for discipline and often connotes waywardness or turbulence of behavior.unruly children ungovernable implies either an escape from control or guidance or a state of being unsubdued and incapable of controlling oneself or being controlled by others.ungovernable rage intractable suggests stubborn resistance to guidance or control.intractable opponents of the hazardous-waste dump refractory stresses resistance to attempts to manage or to mold.special schools for refractory children recalcitrant suggests determined resistance to or defiance of authority.acts of sabotage by a recalcitrant populace willful implies an obstinate determination to have one's own way.a willful disregard for the rights of others headstrong suggests self-will impatient of restraint, advice, or suggestion.a headstrong young cavalry officer in the 15th century |