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Recalcitrant

Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.

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Defiant 84% connected

Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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Defiant 84% connected

Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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Disobedient 84% connected

Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed…

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Disobedient 84% connected

Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed…

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Fractious 92% connected

Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

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Refractory 92% connected

Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

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Abhor verb · 78% connection

To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity…

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Acquiesce verb · 78% connection

To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or disc…

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Against preposition · 78% connection

In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, advers…

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Antipathy noun · 78% connection

Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

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Antiperistasis noun · 78% connection

Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite…

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Averse adjective · 78% connection

Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.

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Aversely adverb · 78% connection

With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.

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Aversion noun · 78% connection

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.

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Ball noun · 78% connection

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

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Boot verb · 78% connection

To punish by kicking with a booted foot.

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Booting noun · 78% connection

A kicking, as with a booted foot.

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Calcitrant adjective · 78% connection

Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

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Calcitration noun · 78% connection

Act of kicking.

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Conflict noun · 78% connection

opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the…

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Contrariety noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

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Contrast verb · 78% connection

To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.

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Defiance noun · 78% connection

A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.

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Disagreeable adjective · 78% connection

Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.

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