obstinate, adj.
resistant to guidance or discipline
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contrary obstinate perverse wayward
sample sentences
"Mary Mary quite contrary""an obstinate child with a violent temper"
"a perverse mood"
"wayward behavior"
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stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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cussed obdurate obstinate unrepentant
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tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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obstinate stubborn unregenerate
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