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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca