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indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly

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

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"

recalcitrant

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

intractable

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

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

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"

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"

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

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"

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

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

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