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insubordinate

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

resistant, challenging, resistive

adj. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

insurgent, subversive, seditious

adj. in opposition to a civil authority or government

mischievous, naughty, badly behaved

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

disobedient

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

contrary, unruly, wayward

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

rebellious, mutinous

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

rebellious, contumacious

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

dissident, dissentient, dissenting

adj. disagreeing, especially with a majority

reluctant, loath, loth

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

bulldog, tenacious, unyielding, dour, dogged, pertinacious

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"

defiant

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

truculent, obstreperous, recalcitrant, unruly

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"

subordinate

adj. subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"

submissive

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"

submissive, obedient

adj. submissive to or controlled by authority

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