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adj. showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"

resistless, irresistible

adj. impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"

free

adj. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"

boundless, unbounded

adj. seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money"

direct

adj. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

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"

uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable

adj. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

uncontrollable, unruly, indocile, ungovernable

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

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"

wild, untamed

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

unmanageable

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

obstinate, obdurate, perverse, unrepentant, cussed

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

hardheaded, mulish

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

obstreperous

adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"

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"

uncontrollable, unruly, indocile, ungovernable

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

uncontrollable, unmanageable

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

truculent, obstreperous, recalcitrant, unruly

refractory, recalcitrant

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

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"

uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable

adj. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

uncontrollable, unmanageable

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

truculent, obstreperous, recalcitrant, unruly

intractable

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

willful, wilful, froward, headstrong, self-willed

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

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"

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"

obstinate, obdurate, perverse, unrepentant, cussed

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

inflexible, uncompromising

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

unservile, unsubmissive

adj. not servile or submissive

refractory, recalcitrant

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

wild, untamed

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

Synonyms (28)

anarchic, anarchical, lawless

adj. without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"

free, loose

adj. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"

lordless, masterless, ungoverned

adj. having no lord or master; "harsh punishments for sturdy vagabonds and masterless men"

rampant

adj. unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression"

runaway, out of control

adj. completely out of control; "runaway inflation"

wild, torrential

adj. resembling a torrent in force and abundance; "torrential applause"; "torrential abuse"; "the torrential facility and fecundity characteristic of his style"- Winthrop Sargeant

ungoverned, undisciplined

adj. lacking in discipline or control; "undisciplined behavior"; "ungoverned youth"

unregulated

adj. (uncontrolled)

wild

adj. deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch"

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"

unmalleable

adj. difficult or impossible to shape or work

delinquent

adj. persistently bad; "school for delinquent boys"

unregenerate, depraved, unreformable

adj. unrepentant and incapable of being reformed; "an unregenerate criminal"

restive

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

uncheckable

adj. incapable of being checked or restrained

Antonyms (1)

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

uncontrollable

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