unruliness
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Unruliness — Un*rul i*ness, n. Quality or state unruly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unruliness — index anarchy, commotion, contempt (disobedience to the court), defiance, disturbance, irregularity, lynch law, misrule … Law dictionary
unruliness — unruly ► ADJECTIVE (unrulier, unruliest) ▪ disorderly and disruptive; difficult to control. DERIVATIVES unruliness noun. ORIGIN from archaic ruly «disciplined, orderly», from RULE(Cf. ↑rule) … English terms dictionary
unruliness — noun see unruly … New Collegiate Dictionary
unruliness — noun The state of being unruly … Wiktionary
unruliness — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, anarchism, anarcho syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, assault, attack, battering, butchery, chaos, confusion, contumaciousness, contumacy, criminal syndicalism, defiance, defiance of authority,… … Moby Thesaurus
unruliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being unruly: dis orderhness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, mtractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness,… … English dictionary for students
unruliness — un·ru·li·ness || ÊŒn ruËlɪnɪs n. disobedience, state of being unruly, lawlessness, rowdiness … English contemporary dictionary
unruliness — un·rul·i·ness … English syllables
unruliness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑fractiousness, ↑willfulness, ↑wilfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful (for: ↑wilfulness), ↑willful … Useful english dictionary
