adj. unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"

adj. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

adj. 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"

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

adj. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

adj. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"

adj. marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

adj. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

adj. disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"

adj. resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

adj. not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

adj. not servile or submissive

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

adj. in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"

adj. more active than normal; "a hyperactive child"

adj. characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"

adj. violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

adj. uncontrollably noisy

adj. resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

adj. disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"

adj. impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

adj. incapable of being checked or restrained

adj. disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"

adj. dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

adj. in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"

adj. characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"

adj. capable of being managed or controlled