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unruly child

noun as in brat

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Just before the two-minute mark, all sense of harmony disjoints: Sharrock’s warbling, squealing guitar abandons the established melody; rhythmless percussion bashes against a tumult of discordant notes played on an upright bass; piano keys sound like they’re being pounded by an unruly child.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett fired back after a heckler interrupted her talk Monday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, likening the protester to an unruly child.

He sounded like a commanding father trying to rein in an unruly child.

But Nelson, then 6, was an unruly child, unwilling to be taught.

Richard Donner, a versatile Hollywood director who pioneered the modern superhero genre with “Superman,” revitalized buddy-cop movies with “Lethal Weapon” and wrangled a cast of talented but unruly child actors in “The Goonies,” died July 5 in Los Angeles.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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