10
fractious(adjective, cross, contrary, unruly, grouchy)
10
froward(noun, adjective, support, attitude, negative)
10
undisciplined(adjective, tough, difficult, wild, foolish)
10
willful(adjective, tough, difficult, violent, wild)
9
arbitrary(adjective, unusual, careless, unstable, unreasonable)
9
contumacious(adjective, negative, hostile, persistent, contrary)
9
defiant(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
9
flighty(adjective, careless, foolish, crazy, unstable)
9
naughty(adjective, bad, wrong, evil, wild)
9
wandering(adjective, hidden, erratic, frivolous, haphazard)
8
aimless(adjective, drifting)
8
changeable(adjective, irregular, unreliable, contrary, variable)
8
fanciful(adjective, careless, unstable, unreasonable, erratic)
8
haphazard(adjective, motiveless, drifting)
8
mutinous(adjective, persistent, obstinate, insistent, dogged)
8
not good
8
rambling(adjective, moving, idle, irregular, unsettled)
7
self-willed(adjective, tough, difficult, wild, foolish)
7
fitful(adjective, careless, unstable, unreasonable, irregular)
7
mischievous(adjective, wicked, disobedient, devilish)
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