unruly
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- "an unruly class"
- unwilling to submit to authority
- "unruly teenagers"
- of persons
- "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
Adj
- Wild; uncontrolled.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English unruly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + rule + -ly (compare Middle English ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”)), but also representing a modified continuation of earlier Middle English unrouly, unroly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + roolie. The latter is perhaps from or influenced by Old Norse *úróligr, related to Danish urolig (“restless”), Swedish orolig (“restless”), Icelandic órólegur (“agitated”). Compare also Middle English unroo, unro (“unrest”). More at roo.
Synonyms
boisterous, disobedient, indocile, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, uncontrollable, ungovernable
Scrabble Score: 9
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