4
rigid(adjective, tough, firm, persistent, obstinate)
4
seditious(adjective, obstinate, headstrong)
4
tenacious(adjective, tough, firm, persistent, obstinate)
4
unsubmissive(adjective, disobedience)
4
wild(adjective, passionate, violent, enthusiastic, fervent)
4
wrongheaded(negative, hostile, persistent, obstinate, adverse)
3
adamant(adjective, tough, firm, determined, unreasonable)
3
alienated(adjective, obstinate, headstrong)
3
bloody-minded(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
3
cross-grained
3
factious(adjective, obstinate, headstrong)
3
hard(adjective, determined, fixed, stubborn)
3
immovable(adjective, determined, fixed, inflexible, obstinate)
3
incompliant(adjective, stubborn)
3
inexorable(adjective, tough, firm, persistent, obstinate)
3
intransigent(adjective, tough, firm, determined, unreasonable)
3
lawless(adjective, reckless, disobedience, ungoverned)
3
narrow-minded(adjective, fervent, persistent, obstinate, zealous)
3
obsessive(adjective, fervent, persistent, obstinate, zealous)
3
opinionated(adjective, tough, firm, determined, unreasonable)
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