11
perversity(noun, order, disregard, command, challenge)
10
obstinacy(noun, order, command, call, opposition)
8
contrariety(noun, support, characteristic, change, split)
7
defiance(noun, order, disregard, command, split)
6
crankiness
6
grumpiness(noun, sullenness)
6
opposition(noun, support, characteristic, order, change)
6
perverseness(noun, desire, urge, hope, inclination)
6
recalcitrance(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition)
6
stubbornness(noun, resistance, obstinacy, disobedience, unwillingness)
5
cantankerousness(noun, difficulty, sullenness, quarrelsomeness, disputatiousness)
4
antagonism(noun, support, condition)
4
contradiction(noun, support, split, condition, division)
4
contradistinction(noun, support, split, condition, division)
4
contraposition(noun, support, split, condition, division)
4
contumacy(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition)
4
crotchetiness
4
fancy(noun, desire, urge, hope, fantasy)
4
hostility(noun, sullenness)
4
irascibility(noun, sullenness)
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