unruly

/ n'ru:li/
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unruly

The teacher struggles to manage the unruly class.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Difficult to control or manage; disobedient: Describes a person, especially a child or young person, who is not willing to obey rules or submit to authority.
    • Disorderly and disruptive: Describes a group or situation that is noisy, lacking in restraint, and potentially out of control.
Examples of Usage
  • Describing a person:
    • The teacher struggled with the unruly student who constantly disrupted the class.
    • Unruly teenagers were loitering outside the store.
  • Describing a group or situation:
    • The protest began peacefully but turned into an unruly mob.
    • She tried to tame her unruly hair on a humid day.
Advanced Usage
  • "unruly behavior": Conduct that is disruptive and difficult to control.
    • The principal will not tolerate unruly behavior in the hallways.
  • "unruly crowd": A large group of people that is disorderly and potentially violent.
    • Police were called to disperse the unruly crowd after the concert.
Variants and Related Words
  • Unruliness (noun): The quality or state of being unruly.
    • The unruliness of the class made teaching impossible.
Synonyms
  • Disobedient: Refusing to obey rules or someone in authority.
  • Disorderly: Lacking organization; untidy or disruptive.
  • Boisterous: Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
  • Rambunctious: Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous.
  • Rowdy: Noisy and disorderly.
Antonyms
  • Obedient: Complying or willing to comply with orders or requests.
  • Docile: Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
  • Orderly: Neatly and methodically arranged; disciplined.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "To reign in the unruly": To bring under control.
    • The new manager's first task was to reign in the unruly department.
  • "Unruly as a bull in a china shop": Extremely clumsy and disruptive. (A common simile)
    • The toddler was as unruly as a bull in a china shop, knocking over everything in his path.
unruly

The teacher struggles to manage the unruly class.

Adjective
  1. of persons
    • the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
  2. unwilling to submit to authority
    • unruly teenagers
  3. 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

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