ungovernable adj 1: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: {indocile}, {uncontrollable}, {ungovernable}, {unruly}]
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]
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