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

adj. unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"

adj. badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy"

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

adj. stubbornly defiant of authority or restraint: "an obstreperous almost mutinous crew"; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"; "a truculent speech against the new government"

adj. impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

adj. not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"

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

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

adj. obstinate and stupid

adj. difficult to deal with

adj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

adj. boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"

adj. impervious to correction by punishment

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

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

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

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

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

adj. dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"

adj. willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"

adj. (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child"