Dictionary Entry
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
- 1superlative
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
- 2adjective
of persons
"the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
- 3adjective
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
"a boisterous crowd"
"a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"
- 4adjective
unwilling to submit to authority
"unruly teenagers"
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