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unruly

unruly · unrulier · unruliest

буйний, бунтівний, неслухняний, неконтрольований

непослушный, неконтролируемый

wild, widerspenstig, aufsässig, undiszipliniert

Wild; uncontrolledWild; uncontrolled.

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/ʌnˈɹuːli/

» Tom has unruly hair.

У Тома непослушные волосы.

Meaning

1 senses

Wild; uncontrolled.
The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.
unbändig, wild, widerspenstig
неконтроли́руемыйnekontrolírujemyj, непослу́шныйneposlúšnyj
бу́йнийbújnyj, неслухня́нийnesluxnjányj, бунтівни́йbuntivnýj

More definitions

unwilling to submit to authority
incapable of being controlled
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Examples

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Tom has unruly hair.
ruУ Тома непослушные волосы. — sharptoothed
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Tom is an unruly student.
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Tom was unruly.
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The soldiers decimated the unruly population.
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I've been unruly in my dreams.
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Translations

7 languages

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Origin

From Middle English unruly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + rule + -ly (compare

From Middle English unruly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + rule + -ly (compare Middle English ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”)), but also representing a modified continuation of earlier Middle English unrouly, unroly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + roolie. The latter is perhaps from or influenced by Old Norse *úróligr, related to Danish urolig (“restless”), Swedish orolig (“restless”), Icelandic órólegur (“agitated”). Compare also Middle English unroo, unro (“unrest”). More at roo.

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