Unruly: alternatives and connections

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

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Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

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Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.

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Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.

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Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.

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Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed…

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Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

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Robust.

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Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.

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Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.

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