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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ungovernable \Un*gov"ern*a*ble\, adjective Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- {Un*gov"ern*a*bly}, adverb --Goldsmith.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ungovernable
adjective: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: {indocile}, {uncontrollable}, {unruly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "ungovernable": 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
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