unruly

a mop of unruly hair.

to be unruly in word or deed

complaints about unruly behaviour.

The only way to kurb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.

his hair was drying in unruly waves.

She patted down unruly wisps of hair.

The class's unruly behaviour shamed the teacher.

there were never enough masters to control the unruly mobs of boys.

an unruly crowd mobbed the White House during an inaugural reception.

The parents showed remarkable forbearance toward their defiant and unruly son.

Regulations formerly permitted prison wardens to correct unruly inmates.

At the end of a month club leader had the unruly youths eating out of his hand.

The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it.

to prep for his role he trimmed his unruly locks.

an unruly child who was thrashed with a birch cane. See also Synonyms at defeat ,pulsate

greatly vexed by their behavior; the vexed parents of an unruly teenager.

A number of unruly youths ganged up and terrorized the district.

A number of unruly youth ganged up and terrorized the district.

The brilliant career of the great French footballer Eric Cantona,and the unruly nature of his character,together present a bewildering picture.