English Dictionary

UNRULINESS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unruliness mean? 

UNRULINESS (noun)
  The noun UNRULINESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of disciplineplay

  Familiarity information: UNRULINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNRULINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness; willfulness

Hypernyms ("unruliness" is a kind of...):

intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unruliness"):

contrariness; perverseness; perversity (deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline)

wildness (an unruly disposition to do as one pleases)

Derivation:

unruly (incapable of being controlled)

unruly (noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline)

unruly (unwilling to submit to authority)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Fools gawp at masterpieces- wise men set out to outdo masterpieces." (English proverb)

"Have not want not." (Lee Field Walstad)

"The tail of the dog never straightens up even if you hang to it a brick." (Arabic proverb)

"Homes among homes and grapevines among grapevines." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact