Qualities

Synonyms for unruly

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

incapable of being controlled

The little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

uncontrollable

Same sentence, swapped: The little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him uncontrollable.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for unruly as it is used in the sentence above.

boisterous
wanton
revolutionary

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Closest first: other qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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