| peevish(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) |
| petulant(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) |
| irritable(adjective, mean, cross, impatient, turbulent) |
| refractory(adjective, control, order, cross, resist) |
| testy(noun, adjective, mean, hurt, difficult) |
| cross(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, nervous) |
| unruly(adjective, control, order, cross, resist) |
| perverse(adjective, mean, cross, contrary, naughty) |
| querulous(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) |
| touchy(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) |
| recalcitrant(adjective, control, order, cross, resist) |
| cantankerous(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, short) |
| cranky(adjective, mean, difficult, short, irritable) |
| intractable(adjective, control, order, difficult, cross) |
| pettish(adjective, difficult, cross, short, restless) |
| unmanageable(adjective, control, order, cross, resist) |
| irascible(adjective, difficult, cross, short, irritable) |
| ungovernable(adjective, control, order, resist, violent) |
| wayward(adjective, cross, contrary, unruly, grouchy) |
| disobedient(adjective, defiant, mischievous) |