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42 entries under adverse topic. ×
| unruly(adjective, negative, anxious, nervous, hostile) | |
| refractory(adjective, negative, nervous, hostile, stubborn) | |
| obstinate(adjective, determined, negative, nervous, hostile) | |
| recalcitrant(adjective, negative, nervous, hostile, restless) | |
| wayward(adjective, negative, hostile, different, contrary) | |
| intractable(adjective, determined, negative, hostile, fixed) | |
| perverse(adjective, determined, negative, nervous, hostile) | |
| contumacious(determined, negative, hostile, fixed, different) | |
| stubborn(adjective, determined, negative, nervous, hostile) | |
| froward(noun, adjective, negative, nervous, hostile) | |
| balky(adjective, negative, nervous, hostile, different) | |
| headstrong(determined, negative, hostile, fixed, different) | |
| rebellious(adjective, violent, negative, hostile, different) | |
| insubordinate(adjective, violent, negative, hostile, different) | |
| ornery(adjective, informal, negative, nervous, hostile) | |
| recusant(violent, negative, hostile, different) | |
| wrongheaded(negative, hostile, different, conflicting) | |
| antagonistic opposite(expression, negative, hostile, different) | |
| anti(negative, hostile, different, conflicting) | |
| antipathetic(negative, hostile, different, conflicting) |
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