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contumacious: wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"

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beyond control collapse

insuppressible collapse

untamable collapse

ungovernable collapse

seditious collapse

insurgent collapse: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions); in opposition to a civil authority or government

unmanageable collapse: difficult to manage or control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

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

factious collapse

shrewish collapse: continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

unsubmissive collapse

insubordinate collapse: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority; not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"

mutinous collapse: consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech"; disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"

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

defiant collapse: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"

out of hand collapse: out of control; "the riots got out of hand"

self-willed collapse

disobedient collapse: not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"; unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"

obstreperous collapse: boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor"; noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"

ornery collapse

rebellious collapse: participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy"; resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

malcontent collapse: a person who is discontented or disgusted

incorrigible collapse: impervious to correction by punishment

unruly collapse

uncontrollable collapse: incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"; difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"

irrepressible collapse: impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

rogue collapse: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

refractory collapse: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"; not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

indomitable collapse: impossible to subdue

fractious collapse: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"; stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

willful collapse

recalcitrant collapse: marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

restive collapse: impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

resistant collapse: impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"

stubborn collapse: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

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