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Resistant to control or authority

Stubborn or unmanageable

Not compressible

Adjective

Resistant to control or authority

ill-disciplined

attention-seeking

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Adjective

Stubborn or unmanageable

stubborn as a mule

insurrectionary

self-opinionated

unaccommodating

insurrectionist

attention-seeking

ill-disciplined

undisciplinable

confrontational

set in one's ways

unfavourable^UK

obstinately disobedient

as stubborn as a mule

not giving an inch

full of mischief

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

individualistic

without law and order

lacking self-control

disorganized^US

dyed-in-the-wool

disorganised^UK

uncompassionate

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

causing trouble

difficult to handle

tough nut to crack

proof against persuasion

like a loose cannon

set in your ways

standing one's ground

wild and woolly

ready for a fight

spoiling for a fight

ill-humoured^UK

as cross as two sticks

full of ups and downs

full of conflict

full of confusion

full of upheavals

on a short fuse

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed the wrong side

full of determination

bound and determined

meaning business

bred-in-the-bone

through and through

long-established

sticking to one's guns

overenthusiastic

stop at nothing

self-disciplined

unimpressionable

in for long haul

of preconceived ideas

set in concrete

single-minded about

playing hard ball

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

self-centered^US

solid as a rock

unreciprocating

hold your ground

unchallengeable

through-and-through

tall in the saddle

on one's mettle

committed to the idea of

not discouraged

obsessive about

inflexible about

fanatical about

like death and taxes

not cooperative

tough as old boots

as tough as old boots

keen as mustard

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

having killer instinct

well established

firmly established

well-established

over-enthusiastic

self-centred^UK

holding fixed views

over-particular

hard to satisfy

over-censorious

high-maintenance

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

Adjective

Not bendable

Adjective

Not compressible

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