| Main Entry: | unruly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient |
Synonyms: |
assertive, bawdy, disorderly, drunken, forward, fractious, headstrong, heedless, impervious, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incorrigible, inexorable, insubordinate, intemperate, intractable, lawless, mean, mutinous, obstreperous, opinionated, ornery, out of control, out of line, perverse, quarrelsome, rash, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, restive, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unyielding, violent, wayward, wild, willful |
Antonyms: |
compliant, obedient, yielding |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
Synonyms: |
disobedient, ill-behaved, misbehaving, naughty, unruly, wrong |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Main Entry: | balky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncooperative |
Synonyms: |
averse, contrary, hesitant, immovable, indisposed, inflexible, intractable, loath, negative, negativistic, obstinate, ornery, perverse, reluctant, stubborn, unbending, unmanageable, unpredictable, unruly |
Antonyms: |
cooperative |
| Main Entry: | boisterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy and mischievous |
Synonyms: |
bouncy, brawling, clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferant, vociferous, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, quiet, restrained, silent |
| Main Entry: | bushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaggy, unkempt |
Synonyms: |
bristling, bristly, disordered, feathery, fluffy, fringed, full, furry, fuzzy, hairy, heavy, hirsute, leafy, luxuriant, nappy, prickly, rough, rumpled, spreading, stiff, thick, tufted, unruly, wiry, woolly |
Antonyms: |
bald, neat, well-kept |
| Main Entry: | contrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic; opposite |
Synonyms: |
adverse, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, balky, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrariant, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissentient, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, wrongheaded |
Antonyms: |
accommodating, agreeing, alike, concordant, correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar |
| Main Entry: | disobedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defiant, mischievous |
Synonyms: |
contrary, contumacious, disorderly, fractious, froward, headstrong, insubordinate, intractable, naughty, noncompliant, nonobservant, obstreperous, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, resistive, uncompliant, undisciplined, unruly, wayward, willful |
Antonyms: |
accepting, behaving, nice, obedient, observant, submitting |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble; unlawful |
Synonyms: |
boisterous, disobedient, disruptive, drunk, fractious, indisciplined, intemperate, noisy, obstreperous, off-base, on-a-tear, out-of-line, out-of-order, raucous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, stormy, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uncompliant, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wayward |
Antonyms: |
behaved, conforming, disciplined, manageable, orderly, well-behaved |
| Main Entry: | disruptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble, confusion |
Synonyms: |
disorderly, distracting, disturbing, obstreperous, off-base, out-of-line, out-of-order, rowdy, troublemaking, troublesome, unruly, unsettling, upsetting |
Antonyms: |
calming, disciplined, settling, soothing, well-behaved |
| Main Entry: | fanatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
biased, bigoted, bugged, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, high on, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, monomaniacal, narrow-minded, nuts for, obsessed, obsessive, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, turned on, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic |