The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
Source: tatoeba (63688)
Unruly
//ʌnˈɹuːli//
Synonyms for "unruly" (129 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
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Adjective(4 words)
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2 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- خارج عن السيطرَة adj (wild)
- مُتَوَحِّش adj (wild)
Armenian
1 entries- սանձարձակ adj (wild)
Bulgarian
2 entries- недисциплиниран adj (wild)
- непокорен adj (wild)
Finnish
1 entries- kuriton adj (wild)
French
3 entries- désobéissant adj (wild)
- incontrôlable adj (wild)
- indiscipliné adj (wild)
German
4 entries- aufsässig adj (wild)
- unbändig adj (wild)
- undiszipliniert adj (wild)
- widerspenstig adj (wild)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 adj (wild)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 adj (wild)
Irish
4 entries- aimhleasta adj (wild)
- ainrianta adj (wild)
- amhsach adj (wild)
- dochoiscthe adj (wild)
Macedonian
4 entries- бу́ен adj (wild)
- бу́нтовен adj (wild)
- непо́корен adj (wild)
- непо́слушен adj (wild)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آزغین adj (wild)
Persian
2 entries- سرکش adj (wild)
- نافرمان adj (wild)
Polish
2 entries- nieposłuszny adj (wild)
- niesforny adj (wild)
Portuguese
2 entries- descontrolado adj (wild)
- desgovernado adj (wild)
Romanian
2 entries- neascultător adj (wild)
- nesupus adj (wild)
Russian
2 entries- неконтроли́руемый adj (wild)
- непослу́шный adj (wild)
Spanish
4 entries- descontrolado adj (wild)
- díscolo adj (wild)
- incontrolable adj (wild)
- revoltoso adj (wild)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бу́йний adj (wild)
- бунтівни́й adj (wild)
- неконтрольо́ваний adj (wild)
- непокі́рний adj (wild)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The farmer was patient with the unruly horse.
Source: tatoeba (282317)
The soldiers decimated the unruly population.
Source: tatoeba (1476425)
He has unruly hair.
Source: tatoeba (2566005)
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