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unruly


 
  Overview  of  adj  unruly 
 
  The  adj  unruly  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  boisterous,  rambunctious,  robustious,  rumbustious,  unruly  --  (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") 
  2.  disobedient,  unruly  --  (unwilling  to  submit  to  authority;  "unruly  teenagers") 
  3.  indocile,  uncontrollable,  ungovernable,  unruly  --  (of  persons;  "the  little  boy's  parents  think  he  is  spirited,  but  his  teacher  finds  him  unruly") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  unruly 
 
  3  senses  of  unruly 
 
  Sense  1 
  boisterous,  rambunctious,  robustious,  rumbustious,  unruly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  disorderly)  ->  orderly 
 
  Sense  2 
  disobedient,  unruly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  insubordinate)  ->  subordinate 
 
  Sense  3 
  indocile,  uncontrollable,  ungovernable,  unruly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unmanageable)  ->  manageable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  unruly 
 
  3  senses  of  unruly 
 
  Sense  1 
  boisterous,  rambunctious,  robustious,  rumbustious,  unruly 
  =>  disorderly  (vs.  orderly) 
 
  Sense  2 
  disobedient,  unruly 
  =>  insubordinate  (vs.  subordinate) 
 
  Sense  3 
  indocile,  uncontrollable,  ungovernable,  unruly 
  =>  unmanageable  (vs.  manageable) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  unruly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  unruly 
 
  unruly  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  unruly 
  unruly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  unruly 
 
  The  adj  unruly  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  boisterous,  rambunctious,  robustious,  rumbustious,  unruly  --  (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") 
  2.  disobedient,  unruly  --  (unwilling  to  submit  to  authority;  "unruly  teenagers") 
  3.  indocile,  uncontrollable,  ungovernable,  unruly  --  (of  persons;  "the  little  boy's  parents  think  he  is  spirited,  but  his  teacher  finds  him  unruly") 



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