unruly meaning and definition

UNRULY adjective

Definition of unruly (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious
2. unwilling to submit to authority
   • "unruly teenagers"
   • synonyms: disobedient
3. of persons
   • "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
   • synonyms: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable