The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
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Unruly
/ʌnˈɹuːli/
Synonyms for "unruly" (193 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Adjective(20 words)
boisterousbad behaviorbrattiestbrattishchaoticchaotic activitychaotic activity diagramchaotic approachchaotic atmospherechaotic conductchaotic environmentschaotic mapchaotic marketchaotic orderchaotic processchaotic societycoarsedefiantdisobedientdisorderly
Verb(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
chaotic orientedcomplete lack of order
Strong matches (58)
Adjective(11 words)
disorderly behaviordisorderly talkextreme chaosferalferal creatureindocileinsubordinatemismanageablemobbishnaughtiernaughtiest
disorganizedfractiousfrowardgo gogo-gohardheadstrongimmoderateimpatient of controlincontinentincorrigibleindocileindomitableindulgentinsubordinateinsuppressibleintemperateintractableirrepressibleirresponsible
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Verb(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)
more wild energy
Related words (96)
raffishrambunctiousrampageousrampantraucousrebelliousrecalcitrantrefractoryreinlessresistantresistingrestiverevolutionaryriotousroguerowdyrowdyishruffianlyrumbustiousself-willed
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shrewishstormystubbornsyndicalistictempestuoustermagantterroristterroristictoughtumultuousturbulentunbiddableunbridleduncheckeduncoerceduncompelledunconstraineduncontrollableuncontrolleduncooperativeuncurbedundisciplinedunforcedungovernableungoverneduninhibitedunmalleableunmanageableunmasteredunmeasuredunmoldableunmuzzledunreinedunrepressedunreservedunrestrainedunrestrictiveunsubduedunsubmissiveunsuppresseduntamableuntowardviolentwantonwaywardwild
Adjective(25 words)
rambunctiousrebelliousrobustiousrowdierrowdiestrowdyrumbustioussocial disordertangleduncontrollableuncontrolled misbehavioruncooperativeungovernableunguidableunmanageableunpredictable conductuntameduntamed animalwild animalswild celebration
Noun(5 words)
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesunruly behaviorunruly classunruly conductunruly crowdunruly hairunruly student
Inflections
2 entriesmore unrulymost unruly
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The farmer was patient with the unruly horse.
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The soldiers decimated the unruly population.
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He has unruly hair.
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