5
unsubmissive(adjective, disobedience)
4
bloody-minded(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
4
bullheaded(adjective, tough, firm, difficult, determined)
4
dissident(adjective, negative, hostile, different, adverse)
4
heady(adjective, determined, fixed, stubborn, obstinacy)
4
hostile(adjective, negative, different, adverse, conflicting)
4
indomitable(difficult, wild, awkward, persistent, obstinate)
4
inexorable(adjective, tough, firm, persistent, obstinate)
4
lawless(adjective, control, order, resist, peace)
4
opinionated(adjective, tough, firm, unreasonable, grim)
4
peevish(adjective, cross, irritable, restless, ornery)
4
reluctant(adjective, difficult, awkward, forced, averse)
4
resisting(resistance, disobedience)
4
seditious
4
severe(adjective, persistent, obstinate, uncompromising, insistent)
4
stiff-necked(adjective, tough, firm, deliberate, determined)
4
sturdy(adjective, hard, tough, solid, rigid)
4
unflinching(adjective, determined, fixed, persistent, obstinate)
4
untoward(adjective, adverb, control, order, tough)
4
wrongheaded(negative, hostile, persistent, obstinate, adverse)
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