unruly

US: /ənˈɹuɫi/
UK: /ʌnɹˈuːli/


English Vietnamese dictionary


unruly / n'ru:li/
  • tính từ
    • ngỗ ngược, ngang ngạnh (trẻ con); bất kham (ngựa)
    • th lỏng, phóng túng (tình dục)

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
difficult to control or manage: an unruly crowd / child + unruly behaviour + unruly hair (= difficult to keep looking neat) + He struggled hard to control his unruly emotions.
unruliness noun [U]

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
unmanageable, ungovernable, uncontrollable, undisciplined, unregulated, lawless, disobedient, insubordinate, rebellious, mutinous, fractious, refractory, contumacious, obstreperous, wilful, headstrong, stubborn, recalcitrant, intractable, defiant, uncooperative, wayward, disorderly, turbulent, riotous, tumultuous, violent, stormy, tempestuous:
She had no idea of how to handle a capricious and unruly teenager. The first reading of the bill led to an unruly session of Parliament.

Concise English dictionary


unrulier|unruliestʌn'ruːlɪ
adj.
+noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
+unwilling to submit to authority
+of persons