| untoward(adjective, cross, ornery) |
| adamant(adjective, deliberate, determined, persistent, obstinate) |
| bullheaded(deliberate, determined, impulsive, stubborn, reckless) |
| capricious(adjective, passionate, unstable, unpredictable, unreliable) |
| contrarious(adjective, support, attitude) |
| determined(adjective, persistent, impulsive, obstinate, stubborn) |
| dogged(adjective, deliberate, determined, intentional) |
| hard-shell(adjective, persistent, impulsive, obstinate, heedless) |
| indomitable(adjective, irritable, persistent, restless, obstinate) |
| inexorable(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged) |
| inflexible(adjective, deliberate, determined, intentional) |
| insubmissive(adjective, cross, ornery) |
| insubordinate(negative, hostile, persistent, obstinate, adverse) |
| mulish(adjective, deliberate, determined, impulsive, stubborn) |
| nonconforming(negative, hostile, different, adverse, conflicting) |
| obdurate(adjective, deliberate, determined, intentional, capricious) |
| pertinacious(adjective, deliberate, determined, intentional) |
| pigheaded(adjective, deliberate, determined, impulsive, reckless) |
| rebellious(adjective, negative, hostile, different, adverse) |
| recusant(negative, hostile, different, adverse, conflicting) |