| intractable(adjective, determined, negative, hostile, fixed) |
| perverse(adjective, determined, negative, nervous, hostile) |
| business-minded |
| contumacious(determined, negative, hostile, fixed, different) |
| fractious(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable, restless) |
| pigheaded(determined, fixed, stubborn) |
| skittish(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, worried) |
| stubborn(adjective, determined, negative, nervous, hostile) |
| unquiet(adjective, anxious, awkward, unsettled, shaky) |
| unyielding(adjective, determined, nervous, fixed, restless) |
| anxious(adjective, upset, keen, wild, enthusiastic) |
| contrary(adjective, determined, nervous, fixed, different) |
| eager(adjective, keen, violent, enthusiastic, excited) |
| froward(noun, adjective, negative, nervous, hostile) |
| highly strung(expression, adjective, idiom) |
| overstrung(adjective, excited, nervous, agitated, tense) |
| antsy(adjective, upset, keen, wild, enthusiastic) |
| balky(adjective, negative, nervous, hostile, different) |
| headstrong(determined, negative, hostile, fixed, different) |
| pertinacious(adjective, determined, fixed, stubborn) |