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Unruly synonyms and antonyms

ŭn-ro͝o'lē

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rebellious
Opposing any kind of control; defiant
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disorderly
(Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency.
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bawdy
Characteristic of a bawd; indecent or humorously coarse; lewd
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obdurate
Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable:
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uncontrollable
Impossible to control or govern:
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violent
Intense or extreme, especially in emotion:
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skittish
The definition of skittish is jumpy or easy to frighten.
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fractious
Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
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insubordinate
Not submissive to authority:
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contumacious
(Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
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headstrong
Determined to have one's own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful.
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forward
Of, relating to, or done in preparation for the future:
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impulsive
The definition of impulsive is to act or speak forcefully or quickly without planning.
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obstreperous
Noisy, boisterous, or unruly, esp. in resisting or opposing
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willful
Doing as one pleases; self-willed
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impetuous
(Now Rare) Moving with great force or violence; having great impetus; rushing; furious
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ill-advised
Showing or resulting from a lack of sound advice or careful consideration; unwise
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rash
Characterized by too great haste or recklessness
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reckless
Acting or done with a lack of care or caution; careless or irresponsible.
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heedless
The definition of heedless is a person who is careless.
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perverse
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
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intractable
Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; not easily governed, managed, or directed; uncontrollable; incurable; violent; stubborn; obstinate.
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recalcitrant
Resistant to chemical decomposition; decomposing extremely slowly.
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refractory
Resistant to heat; hard to melt or work
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wayward
Mischievous, naughty, flirtatious, etc.
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inexorable
Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless:
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restive
The definition of restive is someone who feels nervous when criticized or controlled, or a person or animal that stubbornly refuses to move forward.
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impervious
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
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hidebound
(Of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
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unyielding
Incapable of being changed; unalterable:
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incorrigible
Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
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intemperate
Not temperate or moderate, especially in rhetoric or tone; unrestrained:
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drunken
Of, involving, or occurring during intoxication:
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lawless
Contrary to the law; unlawful:
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brawling
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unlicensed
Lacking moral restraint; unrestrained.
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rowdy
Having the nature of or characteristic of a rowdy; rough, quarrelsome, etc.
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quarrelsome
Marked by quarreling.
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mob-minded
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immovable
(Law) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
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unwieldy
Hard to wield, manage, handle, or deal with, as because of large size or weight, or awkward form
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resolute
Having or showing a fixed, firm purpose; determined; resolved; unwavering
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inflexible
Not easily bent; stiff or rigid.
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forceful
Full of force; powerful, vigorous, effective, cogent, etc.
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dogged
Not giving in readily; persistent; stubborn
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mulish
Extremely or irrationally stubborn and intractable.
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irrational
Contrary to reason or rationality; senseless; unreasonable; absurd
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unreasonable
Not determined by reason; capricious; arbitrary; irrational.
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high-spirited
Vivacious; lively:
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impudent
(Obsolete) Immodest.
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abandoned
Abandoned is defined as unconfined and unconcerned with social norms or restraints.
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profligate
Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
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truculent
The definition of truculent is rude speech or writing or a cruel person who likes to fight.
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stubborn
The definition of stubborn is being determined not to obey or yield.
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obstinate
Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.
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turbulent
Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.
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opinionated
Having very strong opinions.
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bullheaded
Extremely or irrationally stubborn; headstrong.
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ungovernable
Incapable of being governed, restrained, or controlled.
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stiff-necked
Alternative form of stiff-necked.
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feckless
Careless; irresponsible
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ornery
The definition of ornery is someone bad tempered or stubborn.
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mean
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
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rarin
Eye dialect spelling of raring.
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hellbent
Moving fast or recklessly
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dangerous
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
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docile (antonym)
Ready to accept instruction or direction.
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tractable (antonym)
(Mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
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responsive (antonym)
Reacting easily or readily to suggestion or appeal
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boisterous
Noisy and lively; loud and exuberant
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difficult
(Often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
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disobedient
Not obedient; refusing or failing to obey; insubordinate; refractory
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feral
Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
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froward
Stubbornly contrary and disobedient; obstinate.
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indocile
Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
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insurgent
Rising in revolt against a government or other established authority.
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mutinous
Turbulent and uncontrollable:
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rambunctious
The definition of rambunctious is disorderly and load and wild.
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rampageous
Raging; frenzied:
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rampant
(--- Heraldry) Depicted thus in profile, with one forepaw raised above the other
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recusant
Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
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riotous
Without restraint; disorderly; boisterous
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stormy
Violent, raging, turbulent, etc.
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tumultuous
Very loud; noisy:
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unbridled
Without restraint or boundary
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unmanageable
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
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wanton
Reckless; extremely careless; acting with utter disregard for others; implies conduct that is beyond mere negligence. In criminal law, malicious or malevolent intent.
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wild
Based on little or no evidence
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compliant (antonym)
Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
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obedient (antonym)
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
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yielding (antonym)
Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.
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untoward
Improper; unseemly:
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out-of-line
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control (related)
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
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uncooperative (related)
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chafing at the bit
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order (related)
A group of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.
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peace (related)
Not submitting to discipline or control
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resist (related)
Not submitting to discipline or control
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robustious
Vigorous or energetic, especially in a rough or noisy way:
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rumbustious
(Chiefly Brit.) Rambunctious, boisterous, unruly, etc.
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obnoxious (related)
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inconsiderate (related)
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irrepressible
That cannot be repressed or restrained
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  • One face stood out, a shock of unruly red hair waving in the wind.

  • He had to contend with his unruly nobles, several of whom he put to death.

  • His fame lives in Eastern history as the conqueror who stemmed the tide of Western conquest on the East, and turned it definitely from East to West, as the hero who momentarily united the unruly East, and as the saint who realized in his personality the highest virtues and ideals of Mahommedanism.

  • In 1268 he took the cross with his cousin Edward, who, however, sent him back from Sicily to pacify the unruly province of Gascony.

  • In fact, up to Lyons, the Rhone (save when it expands into the Lake of Geneva) is a huge and very unruly mountain torrent rather than a great European river.

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