Associations to the word «Unruly»

Wiktionary

UNRULY, adjective. Wild; uncontrolled
UNRULY, noun. People who behave in unruly manner.

Dictionary definition

UNRULY, adjective. 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".
UNRULY, adjective. Unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers".
UNRULY, adjective. Of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope