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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient |
| Synonyms: | assertive, bawdy, disorderly, drunken, forward, fractious, headstrong, heedless, impervious, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incorrigible, inexorable, insubordinate, intemperate, intractable, lawless, mean, mutinous, obstreperous, opinionated, ornery, out of control, out of line, perverse, quarrelsome, rash, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, restive, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unyielding, violent, wayward, wild, willful |
| Antonyms: | compliant, obedient, yielding |
| Main Entry: | unyielding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | steadfast, resolute |
| Synonyms: | adamant, dead set on, determined, firm, fixed, hard, hard-core, hard-line, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong*, immalleable, immovable, implacable, impliable, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, locked in, merciless, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, pigheaded, refractory, relentless, rigid, ruthless, single-minded, solid, staunch, stiff, stiff-necked, stubborn, tough, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unmovable, unrelenting, unswayable, unwavering |
| Antonyms: | flexible, irresolute, surrendering, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wayward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contrary, unmanageable |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, arbitrary, balky, capricious, changeable, contumacious, cross-grained, delinquent, disobedient, disorderly, errant, erratic, fickle, flighty, fractious, froward, headstrong, immoral, inconstant, incorrigible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, ornery*, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, self-indulgent, self-willed, stubborn, uncompliant, undependable, ungovernable, unpredictable, unruly, unstable, variable, whimsical, willful |
| Antonyms: | controllable, manageable, obedient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | willful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn, obstinate |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bullheaded, contumacious, determined, dogged, fractious, froward, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, refractory, resolved, self-willed, stiff-necked, uncompromising, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | flexible, willing, yielding |
| Main Entry: | hardheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | astute, bullheaded, cool, hang tough, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, headstrong, intractable, level-headed, locked in, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, tough nut, unsentimental, unyielding, willful |
| Antonyms: | yielding |
| Main Entry: | pig-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded, contrary, dense, froward, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mulish, obstinate, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, self-willed, stiff-necked, stupid, unyielding, willful |
| Main Entry: | ungovernable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | disobedient, disorderly, fractious, impetuous, impotent, intractable, irrepressible, mutinous, rampant, refractory, unbridled, uncontrollable, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wild |
| Antonyms: | orderly |
| Main Entry: | unconquerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insurmountable |
| Synonyms: | impregnable, indefeasible, indomitable, inexpugnable, innate, insuperable, intractable, invincible, invulnerable, irrepressible, resistant, secure, unbeatable, unsurpassable, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | conquerable |
| Main Entry: | refractory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obstinate |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded, cantankerous, contrary, difficult, disobedient, headstrong, incorrigible, intractable, opinionated, perverse, rebellious, stubborn, ungovernable, unmanageable, unresponsive, unruly, unyielding, willful |
| Antonyms: | manageable, obedient |
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