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| hasty(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional) | |
| immovable(tough, determined, fixed, inflexible) | |
| incurable(tough, wild, awkward, obstinate) | |
| indocile(tough, wild, awkward, obstinate) | |
| insoluble(tough, wild, awkward, obstinate) | |
| knotty | |
| lamenting(critical, sorrowful, grumpy, mournful) | |
| locked in(expression, tough, wild, awkward) | |
| mulish(tough, firm, awkward, unreasonable) | |
| out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, mean) | |
| pat(tough, wild, awkward, obstinate) | |
| pertinacious(mean, tough, firm, awkward) | |
| pigheaded(tough, firm, awkward, unreasonable) | |
| plaintive(adjective, cross, negative, emotional) | |
| resolute(tough, obstinate, stubborn, willful) | |
| ructious(energetic, antagonistic, aggressive, turbulent) | |
| self-willed(tough, firm, wild, awkward) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, delicate, sensitive, irritable) | |
| unbending(tough, firm, unreasonable, grim) | |
| uncompromising(tough, firm, unreasonable, obstinate) |
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