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rebellious

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

rebellious

adj. participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy"

disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious

adj. discontented as toward authority

defiant, noncompliant

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

intractable

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

incorrigible

adj. impervious to correction by punishment

indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly

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

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"

recalcitrant

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

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible

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

unservile, unsubmissive

adj. not servile or submissive

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"

refractory, recalcitrant

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

disobedient

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

bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded

adj. obstinate and stupid

insubordinate, resistant, resistive

adj. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

unmanageable, difficult

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

wild, untamed

adj. in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"

bold

adj. fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

dissentient, dissenting(a), dissident

adj. disagreeing, especially with a majority

loath, loth, reluctant

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

displeased

adj. not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure

disillusioned

adj. freed from illusion

bitter

adj. proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"

disobedient, unruly

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

mutinous

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

awol

adj. having deserted your post or station without leave

insurgent, seditious, subversive

adj. in opposition to a civil authority or government

mutinous

adj. consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech"

recreant, renegade

adj. having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"

faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous

adj. having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"

disgruntled, dissatisfied

adj. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction

resentful

adj. full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude"

restless

adj. ceaselessly in motion; "the restless sea"; "the restless wind"

loyal

adj. steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him"

contented, content

adj. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile"

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