different between disobedient vs unruly

English

Etymology

From Old French desobedient; morphologically, from dis- +? obedient.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s.??bi?.d??nt/

Adjective

disobedient (comparative more disobedient, superlative most disobedient)

1. Not obedient.

Derived terms

• disobediently

Related terms

• disobedience

Translations

Noun

disobedient (plural disobedients)

1. One who disobeys.
   • 1972, Social Theory and Practice (volume 2, page 493)

     Since civil disobedients act conscientiously, Cohen believes that “extra-long prison terms will not make better men of these disobedients, nor much deter others of similar conviction.”

English

Etymology

From Middle English unruly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- +? rule +? -ly (compare Middle English ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”)), but also representing a modified continuation of earlier Middle English unrouly, unroly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- +? roolie. The latter is perhaps from or influenced by Old Norse *úróligr, related to Danish urolig (“restless”), Swedish orolig (“restless”), Icelandic órólegur (“agitated”). Compare also Middle English unroo, unro (“unrest”). More at roo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??u?li/
• Rhymes: -u?li

Adjective

unruly (comparative unrulier, superlative unruliest)

1. Wild; uncontrolled.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel?

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.

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