28
insubordinate(adjective, persistent, obstinate, dogged, insolent)
27
bold(adjective, mad, brave, naughty, impudent)
25
disobedient(adjective, wild, persistent, obstinate, insistent)
22
rebellious(adjective, contrary, aggressive, naughty, belligerent)
19
audacious(adjective, mad, bold, arrogant, naughty)
18
recalcitrant(adjective, resist, persistent, obstinate, insistent)
18
mutinous(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
18
insolent(adjective, mad, bold, naughty, impudent)
17
unruly(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
14
contumacious(adjective, resist, persistent, obstinate, insistent)
14
unmanageable(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
14
brazen(adjective, insolent, brash, unashamed)
13
intractable(adjective, persistent, obstinate, dogged, unruly)
13
refractory(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
13
stubborn(adjective, obstinate, naughty, unwilling, willful)
13
impertinent(adjective, mad, bold, naughty, impudent)
13
resistant(adjective, antagonistic, unwilling, unruly, opposed)
13
ungovernable(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
12
challenging(adjective, unwilling, opposed, disobedient, rebellious)
12
obstinate(adjective, unwilling, disobedient, disregardful)
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