42 entries under persistent topic. ×
| recalcitrant(adjective, control, order, tough, difficult) | |
| disobedient(adjective, resistance, obstinate, stubborn) | |
| unmanageable(adjective, control, order, hard, tough) | |
| contrary(adjective, tough, difficult, cross, wild) | |
| defiant(adjective, obstinate, insistent, dogged) | |
| mutinous(adjective, obstinate, insistent, dogged) | |
| uncooperative(adjective, tough, difficult, wild, awkward) | |
| determined(adjective, tough, firm, impulsive) | |
| froward(adjective, determined, negative, hostile) | |
| insurgent(adjective, obstinate, insistent, dogged) | |
| resolved(adjective, determined, fixed, obstinate) | |
| unbending(adjective, hard, tough, rough, firm) | |
| bloody-minded(adjective, obstinate, insistent, dogged) | |
| indomitable(difficult, wild, awkward, obstinate) | |
| inexorable(adjective, tough, firm, obstinate) | |
| severe(adjective, obstinate, uncompromising, insistent) | |
| unflinching(adjective, determined, fixed, obstinate) | |
| wrongheaded(negative, hostile, obstinate, adverse) | |
| confirmed(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh) | |
| demanding(adjective, tough, obstinate, problematic) |
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