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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obstinate, rough |
| Synonyms: | adamant, arbitrary, callous, confirmed, cruel, desperate, drastic, exacting, ferocious, fierce, firm, fixed, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hard-line, hard-nosed, hard-shelled, harsh, headstrong, immutable, inflexible, intractable, merciless, narrow, obdurate, pugnacious, refractory, resolute, ruffianly, ruthless, savage, severe, stern, stiff, strict, stubborn, taut, terrible, unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, uncontrollable, unforgiving, unmanageable, unyielding, vicious, violent |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice, tender |
| Main Entry: | undisciplined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | defiant, disorderly, headstrong, inconsistent, insubordinate, lacking self-control, mischievous, naughty, noncompliant, ungoverned, unrestrained, unruly, untrained, wayward |
| Main Entry: | unreasonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not logical or sensible |
| Synonyms: | absurd, all wet, arbitrary, biased, capricious, contradictory, erratic, fallacious, far-fetched, foolish, full of hot air, headstrong, illogical, incoherent, incongruous, inconsequential, inconsistent, invalid, irrational, loose, mad, nonsensical, off the wall, opinionated, preposterous, quirky, reasonless, senseless, silly, stupid, thoughtless, unreasoned, vacant, wrong |
| Antonyms: | logical, practical, pragmatic, realistic, reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | unruly |
| 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: | violent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destructive |
| Synonyms: | agitated, aroused, berserk, bloodthirsty, brutal, coercive, crazy, cruel, demoniac, desperate, distraught, disturbed, enraged, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, fuming, furious, great, headstrong, homicidal, hotheaded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intemperate, mad, maddened, maniacal, mighty, murderous, passionate, potent, powerful, raging, riotous, rough, savage, strong, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, urgent, vehement, vicious, wild |
| Antonyms: | gentle, passive, peaceful |
| 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 |
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