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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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