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Adjectives (2)
contrary, unruly
adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
Fuzzynyms (59)
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"
Synonyms (7)
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"
Antonyms (4)
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";
wayward
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