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unruly in WordNet English dictionary
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"
boisterous rambunctious robustious rumbustious unruly
- unwilling to submit to authority
"unruly teenagers"
disobedient unruly
- of persons
"the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
indocile uncontrollable ungovernable unruly
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