12
dogged(adjective, mean, hard, tough, resist)
12
willful(adjective, mean, tough, difficult, resist)
11
bad(adjective, evil, wicked)
11
crabby(adjective, mean, severe, cross, gloomy)
11
distorted(adjective, evil, sick, warped, deformed)
11
mulish(adjective, mean, hard, tough, difficult)
11
petulant(adjective, mean, severe, difficult, cross)
11
wicked(adjective, mean, evil, wicked, immoral)
10
adamant(adjective, mean, hard, tough, deliberate)
10
peevish(adjective, severe, difficult, cross, irritable)
10
recalcitrant(adjective, tough, firm, difficult, negative)
10
unmanageable(adjective, mean, tough, difficulty, firm)
9
immoral(adjective, wicked)
9
froward(adjective, support, attitude, determined, negative)
9
inflexible(adjective, mean, hard, firm, deliberate)
9
intransigent(adjective, mean, tough, determined, resolute)
9
irritable(adjective, mean, tough, severe, difficult)
9
villainous(adjective, good, mean, evil, clean)
9
wrong(adjective, irrational, incorrect, arbitrary)
8
bad-tempered(adjective, mean, difficult, unpleasant, disagreeable)
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