unruly

«unruly» in Mova's school dictionary: behaving badly and hard to control — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (unruly, unrulier, unruliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unruly means behaving badly and hard to control. tree →

2) Unruly hair is untidy and hard to keep neat. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and school reports: «an unruly class», «an unruly crowd». In news, unruly behaviour on planes or at football matches. In everyday life: «unruly hair» that sticks up.

examples

• The unruly crowd pushed against the gates. tree →
• The supply teacher found the class unruly. tree →
• My unruly hair never stays flat. tree →
• The unruly puppy chewed everything. tree →
• An unruly passenger was taken off the plane. tree →
• The garden became unruly while we were away. tree →
• They are an unruly set of reprobates, those sons of the dragon's teeth; and unless you treat them suitably, they will fall upon you sword in hand. tree →

note

Said «un-ROO-lee». Noun: unruliness. It comes from «rule», not from «ruly» as a separate word. Similar: wild, disobedient; opposite: well-behaved, orderly.

In the corpora

• "High-spirited" means noisy and unruly (not keeping to the rules).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unruly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.