Un·rul·y a. [Compar. Unrulier superl. Unruliest.]  Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
    But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.   --James iii. 8.

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 unruly
      adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "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" [syn: boisterous, rambunctious,
              robustious, rumbustious]
      2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: disobedient]
      3: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited,
         but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile, uncontrollable,
          ungovernable]
      [also: unruliest, unrulier]


 unrulier
      See unruly