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cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

hardheaded, mulish

adj. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

contrarious, cross-grained

adj. difficult to deal with

cantankerous, crotchety, ornery

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

intractable

adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

refractory, recalcitrant

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

refractory, stubborn

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

fractious, refractory, recalcitrant

adj. stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

disobedient

adj. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

adj. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

recalcitrant

adj. marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

incorrigible

adj. impervious to correction by punishment

mutinous

adj. disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"

rebellious

adj. resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly

adj. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible

adj. not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

unservile, unsubmissive

adj. not servile or submissive

adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent

adj. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

implacable

adj. incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy"

obstreperous

adj. boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor"

uncontrollable, unmanageable

adj. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"

unmanageable, difficult

adj. hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

solved, resolved

adj. explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"

bloody-minded, cantankerous

adj. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator

impenitent

adj. impervious to moral persuasion

unconverted, unpersuaded

adj. not converted

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