2
rambunctious
2
refusing(refusal, unwillingness)
2
set
2
slow to(verb, phrasal verb, unwillingness)
2
tenacious(determined, fixed, stubborn)
2
touchy(adjective, excited, nervous, irritable, agitated)
2
twitchy(adjective, anxious, worried, tense, restless)
2
unaccommodating
2
unmanageable(determined, irritable, fixed, restless, capricious)
2
unsatisfied
2
volatile(adjective, anxious, worried, tense)
2
wild(adjective, mean, keen, violent, enthusiastic)
2
wrongheaded(negative, hostile, different, adverse, conflicting)
1
acquisitive(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
1
active(upset, anxious, unsettled, shaky, restless)
1
afraid(anxious, awkward, unsettled, worried, tense)
1
ambitious(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
1
antagonistic opposite(expression, negative, hostile, different, adverse)
1
anti(negative, hostile, different, adverse, conflicting)
1
antipathetic(negative, hostile, different, adverse, conflicting)
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