'Ungovernable' definitions:
Definition of 'ungovernable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly]
Definition of 'Ungovernable'
From: GCIDE
- Ungovernable \Un*gov"ern*a*ble\, a. Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- {Un*gov"ern*a*bly}, adv. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ungovernable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beyond control,
- breachy,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- disobedient,
- fractious,
- incorrigible,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- irrepressible,
- obstreperous,
- out of hand,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- restive,
- shrewish,
- unbiddable,
- uncontrollable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- wild