| uncontrollable(adjective, control, order, resist, wild) |
| wild(adjective, control, order, cross, resist) |
| contumacious(adjective, deliberate, determined, contrary, obstinate) |
| crabbed(adjective, mean, hurt, cross, short) |
| crotchety(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) |
| curmudgeonly(adjective, difficult, irritable, abrupt, gruff) |
| disagreeable(adjective, difficult, short, irritable, abrupt) |
| indocile(adjective, control, order, cross, resist) |
| obstinate(adjective, control, order, mean, resist) |
| ornery(adjective, mean, informal, cross, irritable) |
| peckish |
| restive(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable, restless) |
| short-tempered(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, irritable) |
| surly(adjective, mean, hurt, difficult, cross) |
| captious(adjective, mean, cross, short, irritable) |
| contentious(adjective, difficult, cross, awkward, hostile) |
| disorderly(adjective, control, order, cross, resist) |
| grouchy(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, short) |
| grumpy(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, short) |
| naughty(adjective, bad, misbehaved) |