uncooperative

• adamant
• adamantine
• bad
• balky
• contrary
• contumacious
• defiant
• discourteous
• disobedient
• disorderly
• disrespectful
• dissident
• dogged
• errant
• fractious
• froward
• hardheaded
• headstrong
• ill-bred
• ill-mannered
• ill-natured
• immovable
• impertinent
• implacable
• impolite
• impudent
• incompliant
• inconsiderate
• inflexible
• insolent
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• intractable
• misbehaving
• mischievous
• monkeying
• monkeyish
• mulish
• mutinous
• naughty
• negativistic
• nonconformist
• noncooperative
• obdurate
• obstinate
• obstreperous
• opinionated
• ornery
• peevish
• pertinacious
• perverse
• pigheaded
• rebel
• rebellious
• recalcitrant
• recusant
• refractory
• resistant
• restive
• rigid
• rude
• self-willed
• stubborn
• unbending
• uncivil
• uncompromising
• uncontrollable
• uncouth
• undisciplined
• ungovernable
• ungracious
• unmanageable
• unmannerly
• unrelenting
• unruly
• untoward
• unyielding
• wayward
• wild
• wilful
• willful
• wrongheaded

• acquiescent
• agreeable
• amenable
• amiable
• behaved
• biddable
• compliant
• conformable
• controllable
• cooperative
• courteous
• decorous
• deferential
• disciplined
• docile
• governable
• kowtowing
• manageable
• mannerly
• obedient
• obliging
• obsequious
• orderly
• polite
• proper
• respectful
• ruly
• servile
• slavish
• submissive
• subservient
• tractable
• trainable
• well-bred
• yielding

• adjective
  1. Not cooperative.

• The suspect was uncooperative, refusing to answer any questions.
• Her uncooperative attitude made the group project more difficult.
• The child was being uncooperative during the medical examination.
• The manager had to deal with an uncooperative employee who ignored instructions.
• Negotiations failed because both parties remained uncooperative.

balky

• adamant
• adamantine
• averse
• bad
• contrary
• contumacious
• defiant
• discourteous
• disobedient
• disorderly
• disrespectful
• dissident
• dogged
• errant
• fractious
• froward
• hardheaded
• headstrong
• hesitant
• ill-bred
• ill-mannered
• ill-natured
• immovable
• impertinent
• implacable
• impolite
• impudent
• incompliant
• inconsiderate
• indisposed
• inflexible
• insolent
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• intractable
• loath
• misbehaving
• mischievous
• monkeying
• monkeyish
• mulish
• mutinous
• naughty
• negative
• negativistic
• nonconformist
• noncooperative
• obdurate
• obstinate
• obstreperous
• opinionated
• ornery
• peevish
• pertinacious
• perverse
• pigheaded
• rebel
• rebellious
• recalcitrant
• recusant
• refractory
• reluctant
• resistant
• restive
• rigid
• rude
• self-willed
• stubborn
• unbending
• uncivil
• uncompromising
• uncontrollable
• uncooperative
• uncouth
• undisciplined
• ungovernable
• ungracious
• unmanageable
• unmannerly
• unpredictable
• unrelenting
• unruly
• untoward
• unyielding
• wayward
• wild
• wilful
• willful
• wrongheaded

deaf to reason

• adamant
• adamantine
• anal-retentive
• bloody-minded
• bullheaded
• cantankerous
• confirmed
• contrary
• contumacious
• cussed
• defiant
• demanding
• determined
• disobedient
• dogged
• exacting
• firm
• froward
• hard
• hard-line
• hard-nosed
• hard-shell
• hard-shelled
• hardened
• hardheaded
• headstrong
• hell-bent
• hidebound
• immovable
• implacable
• inconvincible
• indomitable
• inexorable
• inflexible
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• intractable
• intransigent
• inveterate
• invincible
• iron
• mulish
• mutinous
• narrow-minded
• obdurate
• obsessive
• obstinate
• opinionated
• ossified
• pat
• persistent
• pertinacious
• perverse
• pigheaded
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• relentless
• resolved
• rigid
• self-opinionated
• self-willed
• set
• severe
• single-minded
• steadfast
• stern
• stiff-necked
• stouthearted
• strict
• stubborn
• tenacious
• unbending
• uncompromising
• unconquerable
• uncooperative
• unflinching
• ungovernable
• unmanageable
• unregenerate
• unrelenting
• unruly
• unyielding
• wayward
• wilful
• willful
• wrongheaded

immovable

• adamant
• adamantine
• anal-retentive
• bloody-minded
• bullheaded
• cantankerous
• confirmed
• constant
• contrary
• contumacious
• cussed
• dead set on
• deaf to reason
• defiant
• demanding
• determined
• disobedient
• dogged
• dug in
• exacting
• fast
• firm
• fixed
• froward
• hard
• hard-line
• hard-nosed
• hard-shell
• hard-shelled
• hardened
• hardheaded
• headstrong
• hell-bent
• hidebound
• immobile
• immotile
• immutable
• impassive
• implacable
• inconvincible
• indomitable
• inexorable
• inflexible
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• intractable
• intransigent
• inveterate
• invincible
• iron
• irremovable
• locked-in
• motionless
• moveless
• mulish
• mutinous
• narrow-minded
• nonmotile
• nonmoving
• obdurate
• obsessive
• obstinate
• opinionated
• ossified
• pat
• persistent
• pertinacious
• perverse
• pigheaded
• quiescent
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• relentless
• resolute
• resolved
• rigid
• rooted
• secure
• self-opinionated
• self-willed
• set
• set in concrete
• set in stone
• severe
• single-minded
• solid
• stable
• standpat
• static
• stationary
• steadfast
• stern
• stick to guns
• stiff-necked
• still
• stouthearted
• strict
• stubborn
• stuck
• tenacious
• unalterable
• unbending
• unbudging
• unchangeable
• uncompromising
• unconquerable
• uncooperative
• unflinching
• ungovernable
• unmanageable
• unmodifiable
• unmovable
• unregenerate
• unrelenting
• unruly
• unshakable
• unwavering
• unyielding
• wayward
• wedged
• wilful
• willful
• wrongheaded

negative

• abjure
• abrogating
• acrimonious
• adversarial
• adversary
• adverse
• against
• albatross
• annul
• annulling
• antagonistic
• anti
• antipathetic
• antipode
• antisocial
• antithesis
• antonym
• argumentative
• avoid
• back down
• back off
• backtrack
• bad
• baleful
• balky
• ban
• baneful
• bar
• bellicose
• belligerent
• biased
• bitter
• blackball
• blacklist
• blow off
• bypass
• calumnious
• catch
• challenge
• check
• clashing
• clog
• cold
• colorless
• combative
• competing
• con
• conflicting
• confute
• constrain
• contentious
• contradict
• contrary
• contravening
• controvert
• converse
• cool
• correct
• counter
• counteract
• counteracting
• counteractive
• counterbalance
• countering
• counterpoint
• counterpoise
• crimp
• curb
• cynical
• damaging
• dangerous
• debit
• decline
• defamatory
• deleterious
• denial
• deny
• denying
• deselect
• despiteful
• destructive
• detour
• detractive
• detrimental
• disability
• disadvantage
• disadvantageous
• disaffirm
• disagreeable
• disallow
• disallowing
• disapprove
• disapproving
• disavow
• disavowal
• disavowing
• disbenefit
• disclaim
• disconfirm
• discourteous
• disdain
• dismiss
• disown
• disprove
• disputatious
• dispute
• dissentient
• dissenting
• distant
• down
• downside
• drawback
• embarrassment
• enjoin
• evil
• failing
• fatal
• forbear
• forbid
• foreswear
• forswear
• frigid
• gainsay
• gainsaying
• gloomy
• handicap
• harmful
• hateful
• hazardous
• hinder
• hindrance
• hitch
• hold
• hostile
• hurdle
• hurtful
• icy
• ignore
• ill
• ill-bred
• ill-mannered
• impairment
• impede
• impediment
• imperiling
• imperilling
• impertinent
• impolite
• impugning
• incommodity
• inconsiderate
• inhospitable
• inimical
• injurious
• interference
• intolerant
• invalidate
• invalidating
• inverse
• jaundiced
• jeopardizing
• keep
• kill
• let
• lethal
• liability
• malevolent
• malicious
• malign
• malignant
• manacle
• militant
• millstone
• minus
• mirror image
• mortal
• murderous
• nay
• naysaying
• negate
• negation
• neuter
• neutralize
• neutralizing
• nix
• no
• non placet
• noxious
• nugatory
• nullify
• nullifying
• obstacle
• obstruct
• obstruction
• obverse
• offensive
• offset
• opposed
• opposing
• opposite
• opprobrious
• outbalance
• outweigh
• override
• overrule
• parlous
• pass
• pass up
• perilous
• pernicious
• pessimistic
• poisonous
• prejudiced
• prejudicial
• privative
• prohibit
• proscribe
• pugnacious
• quarrelsome
• rancorous
• rebuff
• rebut
• recall
• recant
• recusant
• redeem
• redress
• refusal
• refuse
• refusing
• refutation
• refute
• reject
• rejecting
• relieve
• remedy
• removed
• renege
• renounce
• repel
• repress
• reprobate
• repudiate
• repugnant
• resistant
• resisting
• resistive
• restrain
• restrict
• retract
• reverse
• revoke
• risky
• rub
• rude
• ruinous
• scathing
• scorn
• scout
• scrappy
• shackle
• shoot down
• shortcoming
• slanderous
• spiteful
• spurn
• stick
• stop
• stranglehold
• strike
• surly
• take back
• threatening
• throw out
• throw over
• trammel
• traverse
• troublesome
• truculent
• turn down
• unaffirmative
• uncivil
• uncongenial
• uncooperative
• unenthusiastic
• unfavorable
• unfriendly
• unhealthy
• uninterested
• unkind
• unloving
• unmannerly
• unpleasant
• unsafe
• unsay
• unsociable
• unsympathetic
• untoward
• unwilling
• veto
• vindictive
• virulent
• weak
• withdraw
• withhold
• wounding

obdurate

• abusive
• acrimonious
• adamant
• adamantine
• affectless
• anal-retentive
• austere
• barbarous
• bestial
• bloody-minded
• boorish
• brutal
• brutish
• bullhead
• bullheaded
• callous
• cantankerous
• case-hardened
• cold
• cold fish
• cold-blooded
• compassionless
• confirmed
• contrary
• contumacious
• cruel
• cussed
• deaf to reason
• defiant
• demanding
• desensitized
• determined
• disagreeable
• disobedient
• dogged
• evil-minded
• exacting
• firm
• fixed
• frosty
• froward
• grim
• hanging tough
• hard
• hard-bitten
• hard-boiled
• hard-hearted
• hard-line
• hard-nosed
• hard-shell
• hard-shelled
• hardened
• hardheaded
• harsh
• hateful
• headstrong
• heartless
• heavy-handed
• heedless
• hell-bent
• hidebound
• ill-natured
• ill-tempered
• immovable
• implacable
• inconsiderate
• inconvincible
• indomitable
• indurate
• inexorable
• inflexible
• inhuman
• inhumane
• insensate
• insensitive
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• intractable
• intransigent
• inveterate
• invincible
• iron
• ironfisted
• ironhanded
• ironhearted
• jackbooted
• knock-down-and-drag-out
• malevolent
• malicious
• mean
• merciless
• mulish
• mutinous
• narrow-minded
• obsessive
• obstinate
• opinionated
• oppressive
• ossified
• pachydermatous
• pat
• persistent
• pertinacious
• perverse
• pigheaded
• pitiless
• rancorous
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• relentless
• remorseless
• resolved
• rigid
• rough
• rough-and-tumble
• ruthless
• savage
• self-opinionated
• self-willed
• set
• set in stone
• severe
• single-minded
• slash-and-burn
• sledgehammer
• soulless
• spiteful
• steadfast
• stern
• stiff-necked
• stoney
• stony
• stonyhearted
• stouthearted
• strict
• stubborn
• surly
• take-no-prisoners
• tenacious
• thick-skinned
• thoughtless
• tough
• unbending
• uncaring
• uncharitable
• uncompassionate
• uncompromising
• unconquerable
• uncooperative
• unemotional
• unfeeling
• unflinching
• unfriendly
• ungentle
• ungovernable
• unimpressible
• unloving
• unmanageable
• unmerciful
• unregenerate
• unrelenting
• unruly
• unshakable
• unsparing
• unsympathetic
• unthinking
• unyielding
• vicious
• virulent
• wayward
• wilful
• willful
• wrongheaded

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