unruly

unruly is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
2. adjective. of persons

   "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

   Synonyms: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable

3. adjective. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

   "a boisterous crowd"

   "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"

   Synonyms: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious

4. adjective. unwilling to submit to authority

   "unruly teenagers"

   Synonyms: disobedient

Synonyms

indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, disobedient

Common word forms

unrulier, unrulily, unruliest

Words from these letters

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