Synonyms: uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, indocile
Definition: of persons
Usage: the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
Similar words: unmanageable, difficult
Definition: hard to control
Usage: a difficult child, an unmanageable situation
Synonyms: unruly, robustious, rambunctious, boisterous, rumbustious
Definition: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
Usage: a boisterous crowd; a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand; a robustious group of teenagers; beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings; an unruly class
Similar words: disorderly
Definition: undisciplined and unruly
Usage: disorderly youths; disorderly conduct
Synonyms: disobedient, unruly
Definition: unwilling to submit to authority
Usage: unruly teenagers
Similar words: insubordinate
Definition: not submissive to authority
Usage: a history of insubordinate behavior; insubordinate boys