unruly
Defying all control
Unruly describes someone or something difficult to control or discipline.
An unruly crowd resists authority; unruly hair won't stay in place.
The word suggests defiance or wildness that frustrates attempts at order: The substitute teacher struggled with the unruly class.
Noisily disorderly
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- rambunctiousUncontrollably lively and loud
- noisyProducing much sound
- riotousMarked by unrestrained disorder
clamorous · uproarious · wild · rough · disruptive · out-of-control · tempestuous · obstreperous
Openly resisting control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- noncompliantFailing to conform
- waywardStubbornly self-willed
obstinate · stubborn · headstrong · willful · undisciplined · refractory · intractable · unmanageable
Violently agitated or disturbed
- disarrayLack of order
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
mayhem · disorder · tumult · confusion · disorganization · jumble · muddle · mess
Wild after domestication
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
- unbridledWithout any restraint
unfettered · unrestrained · uncontrolled · savage · uncivilized · unchecked · free · unsubdued
Disposed to revolt
- insurgentOne who revolts
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
subversive · seditious · revolutionary · rebel · insubordinate · defiant · anarchic · insurrectionary
rowdy
Noisily disorderly
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- rambunctiousUncontrollably lively and loud
- noisyProducing much sound
riotous · clamorous · uproarious · wild · rough · disruptive · out-of-control · tempestuous · obstreperous · rollicking
defiant
Openly resisting control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- noncompliantFailing to conform
wayward · obstinate · stubborn · headstrong · willful · undisciplined · refractory · intractable · unmanageable · uncooperative
turbulent
Violently agitated or disturbed
- disarrayLack of order
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
havoc · mayhem · disorder · tumult · confusion · disorganization · jumble · muddle · mess · disheveled
feral
Wild after domestication
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
unbridled · unfettered · unrestrained · uncontrolled · savage · uncivilized · unchecked · free · unsubdued · unsuppressed
mutinous
Disposed to revolt
- insurgentOne who revolts
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
nonconformist · subversive · seditious · revolutionary · rebel · insubordinate · defiant · anarchic · insurrectionary · renegade
tangled
Twisted confusedly together
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- tousledDisordered, especially hair
messy · frizzy · flyaway · windswept · matted · knotted · wild · bushy · scraggly · uncombed
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- chaosmayhem, chaotic, pandemonium, bedlam, turmoil
- crowd adjectivespacked, dense, massive, huge, enormous
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- out of controlwild, chaotic, unchecked, runaway, unmanageable
unrulyobedient
Following commands willingly
docile · compliant · disciplined · submissive · well-behaved
unrulymanageable
Able to be controlled
controllable · tractable · trainable · responsive · handleable
- unruly childDifficult-to-manage youngster
- unruly behaviorConduct resisting control
- unruly passengerDisorderly person aboard