Word Meanings - LAWLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak. 2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior. 3. Not subject to the laws

Additional info about word: LAWLESS

1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak. 2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior. 3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled. Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void. Pope. -- Law"less*ly, adv. -- Law"less*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LAWLESS)

• Irresponsible
• Unbound
• unencumbered
• unaccountable
• excusable
• lawless
• arbitrary
• despotic
• Tumultuous
• Disorderly
• disturbed
• confused
• turbulent
• agitate
• seditious
• riotous
• unruly

Related words: (words related to LAWLESS)

• UNBOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
• AGITATE
  1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
• CONFUSIVE
  Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.
• UNBOUNDED
  Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition. Addison. -- Un*bound"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*bound"ed*ness, n.
• RIOTOUS
  1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. 2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly
• CONFUS
  Confused, disturbed. Chaucer.
• TURBULENTLY
  In a turbulent manner.
• DESPOTIC; DESPOTICAL
  Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ness, n.
• SEDITIOUS
  1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words. 2. Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent;
• CONFUSE
  1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
• UNENCUMBER
  To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.
• DISTURBANCE
  The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone. Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil;
• CONFUSABILITY
  Capability of being confused.
• CONFUSEDNESS
  A state of confusion. Norris.
• IRRESPONSIBLE
  1. Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent. 2. Not to be trusted; unreliable.
• TURBULENT
  1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton. 2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory;
• CONFUSION
  1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc
• UNRULY
  Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James iii. 8.
• CONFUSEDLY
  In a confused manner.
• AGITATEDLY
  In an agitated manner.
• EFFLAGITATE
  To ask urgently. Cockeram.
• INEXCUSABLE
  Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same
• UNEXCUSABLE
  Inexcusable. Hayward. -- Un`ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.
• OVERAGITATE
  To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.
• DISORDERLY
  Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house. Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious. (more info) 1. Not in order; marked by disorder;