Reverse Dictionary: UNRULY

UNRULINESS, UNRULY

ADJECTIVES
 AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered …1853 Amer. dial.
 CAMSTAIRY obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious …1776 Sc.
 EFFRENATED unbridled, unruly …1586 obs.
 GAMSTERRIE perverse, insubordinate, unmanageable, unruly …1844 Sc.
 HANBY wanton, unruly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 HANTY wanton, unruly; full of spirit, mettlesome; excited, frisky (generally used of horses) …1721 Eng. dial.
 HAUNTY unruly, wanton, restive …1671 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 INEFFRENATE lawless, unbridled, unruly, uncontrolled, unconstrained …1581 obs. rare
​- MEADLESS;  MEEDLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless …1790 Eng. dial.
 NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 OBSTRAPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1830 Sc.
 OBSTRIPEROUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly …M18 sl.
 OBSTROCULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control; disorderly, unruly…1930s Aust. sl.
 OBSTROPALOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate … c1725
 OBSTROPEROUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly …M18 sl.
 OBSTROPILOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1830 Eng. dial.
 OBSTROPOLIS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly …M18 sl.
 OBSTROPOLOUS resisting control, advice, etc. in a noisy manner; unruly in behaviour, obstinate, headstrong …1748
 OBSTROPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1815 Eng. & Amer. dial.
 OBTROPOLOUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly …M18 sl.
 OILY mean-tempered; tough, mean, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate …1936 Amer. dial.
 OPSTROPOLOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1830 Eng. dial.
 ORDINARY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate, ill-tempered …1800 Amer. dial.
 ORNERY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, unmanageable, disobedient, obstinate, ill-tempered, angry …1862 Amer. dial.
 OUTSTROPOLOUS outrageous, unruly, obstreperous …1832 Sc. obs.
 POLLRUMPTIOUS unruly or restless; foolishly confident …c1860 sl.
 POLRUMPTIOUS restive, rude, unruly, obstreperous; foolishly confident …1790 Eng. dial.
 RABBISH unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action …1387 obs.
 RACKLE disorderly, riotous, unruly …Bk19C Eng. dial.
 RAMAGE of animals: wild, untamed, unruly, violent …c1290
 RAMAGEOUS;  RAMAGIOUS of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent …1398 obs.
 RAMBUMPTIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1911 Amer. dial.
 RAMBUNKSHUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1866 Amer. dial.
 RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1904 Amer. dial.
 RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous …1853
 RAMMAGE of persons: wild, excited, unruly,  unmanageable …1714 Sc.
 RAMPACIOUS lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous …1837 rare
 RAMPAGEOUS;  RAMPAGIOUS violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly …1822
 RAMPAGINOUS furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous …1822 Sc.
 RANDIE;  RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 RANGING rough, unruly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad …c1832 US colloq.
 RANTING unruly, restive …1658 obs.
 RESTY headstrong, unruly …c1696 sl.
 RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous;  rude, overbearing, violent …1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
 RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious …1778 colloq.
 STROMMELLING unruly …1825 Eng. dial.
 TANKERSOME unruly, disobedient, misbehaving …1969 Amer. dial.
 THIRTOVER;  THURTIFER;  THURTOVER;  THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed …1852 Eng. dial.
 TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent …1891 Amer. dial.
 TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent …1836 Amer. dial.
 UNBELIEVING of a child: disobedient, unruly, obstinate, heedless …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
 UNCANNY unruly, mischievous, malicious …1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
 UNFORBIDDEN unrestrained, unruly, disobedient, spoiled, troublesome …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 UNGUIDEABLE. not amenable to reason; unmanageable, unruly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 UNRULEFUL unruly, lawless …1721 Sc. & Ireland
 UNSAYABLE unruly, wilful, self-willed; not to be advised or controlled …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UPROARISH turbulent, unruly …1550 obs.
 WANRULY unruly …a1774 Sc.
 WANTON of persons: undisciplined, ungoverned; not amenable to control, unmanageable, rebellious; of children: naughty, unruly …a1300 obs.
– WANTON petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious …1538 obs.


NOUNS
 BADNESS delinquent or unruly behaviour, often just for the sake of it …1980s UK & Black British teen sl.
 EFFRENATION unruliness; a headlong or unbridled rashness or license …1623 obs.
 TANBASTE unruly behaviour; scuffling, struggling, pulling about …1746 Eng. dial.
 UNCOMELINESS unruliness …1607 obs.
 WANTONNESS of a child: unruliness, naughtiness; of a horse: restiveness …1533 obs.


NOUNS, PERSON
 AMARUGIAN;  AMERUGIAN;  ANAROOGIAN;  ANNARUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois …1856 Amer. dial.
 ANKLE-BITER an unruly or disobedient child …1967 Amer. dial.
 ARAB an unruly or belligerent person …1788 obs., derogatory
 BITTER-WEED a bad-tempered, unruly, mischievous person …Bk1882 Eng. dial.
 CABBAGE TREE MOB an unruly set of young fellows, dressed in a suit of fustian or colonial tweed, and the emblem of their order, the low-crowned cabbage-palm hat – the main object of their enmity seems to be the ordinary black headpiece worn by respectable persons, which is ruthlessly knocked over the eyes of the wearer as he passes or enters the theatre …1852 Aust. sl.
 CUT-UP a person who ‘cuts up’ or capers; one who behaves in a mischievous or unruly manner …1882
 INDIAN a child, esp. an unruly one …1967 Amer. dial.
 MESS an objectionable or foolish person; unruly or incorrigible person; an oaf; a hopelessly stupid person; a mentally confused person …1936 sl.
 NUT a troublesome or unruly young man …1882 Aust. colloq. rare
 RADICAL a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal …Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 RANNIGAL;  RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person …1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 RAPPAK;  RAPPUCK a pet name for an unruly child …1881 Eng. dial.
 REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget …1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 SANCHO an unruly, mischievous child …1862 Amer. dial.
 TACKET a restless, unruly boy …1896 Sc.
 TATTARAT an unruly person; one wanting in stability …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
 TEAR-AWAY one who tears or rushes away, or acts with great impetuosity; one who behaves in a wild, uncontrolled, or reckless manner; a rebellious and unruly young person; an uncontrollable, boisterous person; a rascal …1891
– WILDEGO a naughty, unruly child …Bk1986 Eng. dial. 
 WILD INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one …1946 Amer. dial.
 YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child …1974 Amer. dial.
 YOUNG-HEAD an unruly, reckless, headstrong or wilful young man …1565 obs.
 YOUNG INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one …1967 Amer. dial.


VERBS
 ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave …1869 Amer. dial.
 CUT A SHINE to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself …1830 Amer. dial.
 CUT SHINES to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself …1848 Amer. dial.
 REULL to behave in a rude manner; to be unruly …1790 Eng. dial.