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Resistant to control or authority

Stubborn or unmanageable

Not compressible

Unable to rest or relax due to stress or worry

Adjective

Resistant to control or authority

set in one's ways

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Adjective

Stubborn or unmanageable

stubborn as a mule

insurrectionary

self-opinionated

unaccommodating

attention-seeking

ill-disciplined

insurrectionist

undisciplinable

confrontational

unfavourable^UK

set in one's ways

obstinately disobedient

as stubborn as a mule

not giving an inch

full of mischief

individualistic

without law and order

lacking self-control

civil disobedience

dyed-in-the-wool

uncompassionate

causing trouble

difficult to handle

impossible to cope with

ready for a fight

tough nut to crack

proof against persuasion

like a loose cannon

wild and woolly

spoiling for a fight

set in your ways

stand one's ground

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

hard to satisfy

over-particular

raising the roof

full of ups and downs

full of conflict

full of confusion

full of upheavals

ill-humoured^UK

as cross as two sticks

on a short fuse

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed the wrong side

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“Capulet's attitude to his refractory daughter is precisely that of my Muslim patients' fathers.”

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Not compressible

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Adjective

Unable to rest or relax due to stress or worry

champing at the bit

like a cat on hot bricks

like a cat on a hot tin roof

on pins and needles

a bundle of nerves

bundle of nerves

discombobulated

restlessly moving

on the defensive

in a state of agitation

in a state of nerves

on the qui vive

like a fish out of water

ill-humoured^UK

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

feeling anxious

confrontational

ready for a fight

hot under the collar

unaccommodating

easily offended

having got out of bed on the wrong side

perversely irritable

got up on wrong side of bed

apt to fly off the handle

having short fuse

hot under collar

easily frightened

easily agitated

have chip on shoulder

down in the mouth

having a fit of the sulks

in high dudgeon

huffy irascible

spoiling for a fight

foaming at the mouth

not best pleased

bent out of shape

set in one's ways

hard to satisfy

over-particular

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

difficult to handle

at the boiling point

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