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contrary, 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, 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

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"

obstinate, stubborn

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

intractable

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

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"

obstinate, obdurate, perverse, unrepentant, cussed

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

errant, erring, error-prone

adj. capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone"

aberrant, deviant, perverse

adj. markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

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"

inflexible, uncompromising

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

unservile, unsubmissive

adj. not servile or submissive

mischievous, naughty, badly behaved

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

insubordinate

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

negative

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

disapproving

adj. expressing or manifesting disapproval

disorderly

adj. undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

madcap, tearaway, brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous

adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

unmanageable

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

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"

willful, wilful, froward, headstrong, self-willed

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

recusant

adj. refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams

refractory

adj. stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

obedient

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

dutiful, duteous, respectful

adj. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

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