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220 entries under adjective topic. ×
| stubborn(characteristic, quality, stubbornness, resistance) | |
| refractory(control, order, tough, difficult) | |
| obstinate(control, order, resist, violent) | |
| unruly(control, order, difficult, resist) | |
| intractable(control, order, tough, firm) | |
| contumacious(tough, firm, resist, negative) | |
| unmanageable(control, order, tough, difficult) | |
| disobedient(persistent, resistance, obstinate, insistent) | |
| insubordinate(tough, firm, negative, hostile) | |
| contrary(tough, difficult, wild, determined) | |
| defiant(resist, persistent, obstinate, insistent) | |
| rebellious(tough, firm, negative, hostile) | |
| ungovernable(control, order, difficult, resist) | |
| wayward(tough, difficult, violent, wild) | |
| fractious(control, order, cross, resist) | |
| mutinous(persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged) | |
| headstrong(tough, firm, violent, negative) | |
| uncooperative(tough, difficult, wild, awkward) | |
| perverse(tough, firm, difficult, negative) | |
| undisciplined(control, order, difficult, resist) |
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