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What is another word for
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Refusing to proceed or cooperate
(
of a person, attitude, or situation
)
Having the characteristics of a pessimist
Adjective
▲
Refusing to proceed or cooperate
recalcitrant
refractory
intractable
disobedient
rebellious
wilful
wayward
contrary
contumacious
insubordinate
unruly
defiant
ungovernable
froward
unmanageable
willful
obstreperous
obstinate
rebel
perverse
untoward
incompliant
restive
recusant
stubborn
unbending
inflexible
ornery
immovable
unpredictable
negative
negativistic
averse
indisposed
loath
reluctant
difficult
uncooperative
bolshie
uncontrollable
headstrong
fractious
mutinous
unyielding
obdurate
undisciplined
awkward
stroppy
disorderly
pigheaded
cussed
unreasonable
contrarious
bloody-minded
mulish
self-willed
intransigent
unaccommodating
cantankerous
noncompliant
thrawn
wild
disaffected
disobliging
resistant
troublesome
obstructive
opinionated
incontrollable
uncompromising
truculent
unhelpful
quarrelsome
bullheaded
turbulent
dogged
adamant
uncompliant
insurgent
pertinacious
implacable
determined
bull-headed
unrelenting
inexorable
incorrigible
dissentient
pervicacious
stiff-necked
hardheaded
nonconformist
adamantine
renitent
riotous
firm
cross-grained
revolutionary
disruptive
seditious
bellicose
delinquent
rigid
undisciplinable
unwilling
pugnacious
factious
tenacious
non-compliant
obstinately disobedient
tough
argumentative
insolent
strong-willed
relentless
single-minded
contentious
irrepressible
steadfast
dissident
unbiddable
malcontent
indomitable
insurrectionary
naughty
fixed
insubmissive
unmalleable
errant
treacherous
persevering
unshakable
tiresome
iconoclastic
persistent
vexatious
indurate
out of control
unpersuadable
militant
hard
ossified
hardened
inconvincible
threatening
badly behaved
confrontational
hard-nosed
self-opinionated
set in one's ways
scrappy
belligerent
lawless
hostile
antagonistic
subversive
unrestrained
mischievous
anarchic
resolute
dissenting
reckless
rascally
annoying
roguish
impetuous
unbridled
resisting
capricious
impish
challenging
resistive
nonconforming
peevish
disputatious
adverse
dissentious
insurrectionist
spiteful
irritable
remorseless
warring
individualistic
treasonable
anarchistic
trying
exasperating
indocile
unshakeable
ill-natured
disagreeable
radical
haughty
passive-aggressive
unbendable
pat
iron
brassbound
stubborn as a mule
grim
iron-willed
mule
strong-minded
pig-headed
die-hard
impudent
renegade
nonobservant
petulant
rampant
estranged
alienated
cross
chaotic
irreconcilable
up in arms
stalwart
unadaptable
unrestrainable
unpliable
problematic
heretical
maverick
opposing
erratic
fickle
without law and order
steely
contrariant
discordant
arsey
disagreeing
paradoxical
restless
sabotaging
unwavering
withstanding
antipathetic
converse
inimical
wrongheaded
rowdy
unflinching
morose
shrewish
crabby
violent
unorthodox
mutinying
apostate
schismatic
traitorous
proud
boneheaded
delaying
choleric
troublemaking
sullen
as stubborn as a mule
stalling
intemperate
diehard
intolerable
impossible
unbearable
undependable
rough
lawbreaking
unresponsive
grumpy
hardline
uncontrolled
pesky
touchy
anarchical
rock-ribbed
inveterate
narky
sulky
uproarious
impulsive
unbudgeable
tumultuous
raucous
immoral
aberrant
arbitrary
ratty
shirty
chippy
rumbustious
rash
rambunctious
mean
tempestuous
hard-line
narrow-minded
hard and fast
hindering
impervious
imprudent
forward
assertive
heedless
ill-tempered
rampageous
bad-tempered
incommodious
hard to handle
difficult to handle
discommodious
out of line
rampaging
uncomplying
self-indulgent
out of hand
inhibiting
blocking
restrictive
unconstructive
unamenable
unobliging
uncivil
unsympathetic
discourteous
unfriendly
unpleasant
rude
unamiable
uncongenial
combative
aggressive
feisty
provocative
bold
daring
audacious
disregardful
cheeky
sassy
gutsy
dareful
ready for a fight
spoiling for a fight
opposed
warlike
adversarial
grouchy
inhospitable
vicious
agonistic
surly
nasty
prickly
snappy
pettish
angry
litigious
snappish
tetchy
assaultive
captious
polemical
ill-disposed
unkind
irascible
malevolent
testy
splenetic
anti
against
malicious
cranky
gladiatorial
jaundiced
crabbed
controversial
offensive
waspish
brawly
miffy
curmudgeonly
soreheaded
peppery
oppugnant
polemic
destructive
quick-tempered
short-tempered
hot-tempered
unsupportive
ill-humored
US
invalidating
fiery
ill-humoured
UK
dyspeptic
adversary
rancorous
bilious
wrathful
critical
disapproving
virulent
unwelcoming
vitriolic
bearish
malignant
crusty
crotchety
unsociable
unreceptive
eggy
hateful
peckish
snaky
stuffy
wrong-headed
cold
waxy
hostile to
opposed to
sour
bickering
salty
spiky
down on
maleficent
dour
dead set against
having a chip on one's shoulder
discouraging
like a bear with a sore head
unconventional
querulous
undermining
cruel
gainsaying
ungracious
huffy
anti-
churlish
unfavorable
US
disparaging
discrediting
derogatory
harsh
unfavourable
UK
bitter
inconsiderate
allergic
noncooperating
noncooperative
fiendish
acid
opposite
venomous
alien
snarky
liverish
corrosive
abrasive
caustic
snippy
averse to
not cooperative
insistent
snippety
unpropitious
intimidating
biting
malefic
disputative
at odds
inimical to
scratchy
raspy
unenthusiastic about
wanton
wrangling
disinclined to accept
reluctant to accept
unwilling to accept
vinegary
viperous
catty
out of sorts
on the warpath
as cross as two sticks
deaf to reason
on a short fuse
short-fused
fierce
loudmouthed
abusive
exasperated
snarly
rejecting
fretful
mighty
ungoverned
untrained
refusing
disconfirming
inconsistent
contradictory
oppositional
attention-seeking
eristic
moody
sticky
lacking self-control
unreciprocate
unreciprocating
nonreciprocal
vinegarish
indefatigable
psychopathic
cool
conflicting
tireless
quarreling
US
quarrelling
UK
purposeful
opinionative
iracund
iracundulous
adversative
accusatorial
oppugning
assiduous
not helpful
waspy
out of humor
hard-core
hard-shell
hardcore
locked-in
importunate
denying
in a mood
out of temper
in a bad mood
foul
dissenting from
acting in opposition
in disagreement with
at variance with
at odds with
set against
fire-eating
martial
militaristic
warmongering
disinclined
hawkish
hesitant
in the negative
fighting
heterodox
cavilling
UK
military
battling
bloodthirsty
afraid
caviling
US
jingoistic
uneager
aggers
nonorthodox
heretic
biffo
free
brusque
contending
unenthusiastic
conflictive
conflictual
conflictory
conflictional
conflictful
attacking
antisocial
ructious
deliberate
evil
uptight
war
agin
protesting
sanguinary
tooshie
abrupt
freethinking
sabre-rattling
wicked
misanthropic
mortal
impolite
objecting
disliking
gratuitous
ugly
whiny
rebelling
complaining
competitive
unhampered
unconstrained
unfettered
liberated
untrammelled
UK
unlikable
bad
uncharitable
contradicting
antagonistic to
resistant to
antipathetic to
ill-disposed to
obnoxious
menacing
differing
unfavourably disposed to
willed
mean-spirited
freewheeling
individual
having no use for
vengeful
acrimonious
censorious
out-there
grudging
inhumane
aimless
atrocious
heartless
savage
butcherly
barbarous
brute
brutal
sadistic
inhuman
barbaric
independent
untrammeled
US
decontrolled
unregimented
unfair
double-crossing
unjust
merciless
free-spirited
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“A student assistant with computing skills can help with restarting a
balky
workstation or writing a Web page.”
Adjective
▲
(
of a person, attitude, or situation
)
Having the characteristics of a pessimist
negative
pessimistic
defeatist
gloomy
gloom-ridden
cynical
bleak
fatalistic
dismissive
anti
antipathetic
unwilling
uncooperative
obstructive
resistive
unconstructive
resisting
unenthusiastic
cool
cold
uninterested
weak
unresponsive
apathetic
hopeless
despondent
dejected
downbeat
depressed
morose
despairing
dismal
glum
melancholy
miserable
desolate
demoralized
US
black
cheerless
dark
sad
foreboding
grim
depressing
demoralised
UK
sombre
UK
discouraging
somber
US
unfortunate
joyless
lugubrious
doleful
discouraged
mournful
downhearted
comfortless
disconsolate
harsh
austere
morbid
troubled
sullen
bitter
disheartened
unfavourable
UK
forlorn
unhappy
unfavorable
US
disheartening
oppressive
worrying
solemn
doubtful
gray
US
suspicious
distrustful
grey
UK
doubting
alarmist
wretched
resigned
grave
saturnine
bad
downcast
dreary
hard
blue
dour
funereal
dire
adverse
tough
drear
hostile
terrible
sorrowful
sepulchral
woebegone
ominous
heartbroken
severe
disagreeable
woeful
inhospitable
unpleasant
dispiriting
brokenhearted
drab
bearish
inconsolable
unpropitious
godforsaken
dim
elegiac
tragic
elegiacal
dreich
horrid
desperate
chilly
melancholic
difficult
Eeyorish
unhopeful
depressive
awful
dreadful
dispirited
forbidding
dolorous
distressing
unwelcome
sorry
anguished
distressed
perilous
upset
disappointed
harrowing
exacting
exigent
troublesome
objectionable
discommodious
chilling
disturbing
broken-hearted
dangerous
grief-stricken
cast down
given to looking on the black side
misanthropic
oppressed
helpless
pained
abject
disenchanted
disadvantageous
down
weary
doomed
crestfallen
low
unmitigable
sunk
saddened
direful
disillusioned
heartsick
injurious
sinister
inauspicious
heavyhearted
heartsore
teary
tearful
droopy
threatening
moody
in despair
broken
without hope
world-weary
up the creek
in pain
long-suffering
down in the dumps
straitened
strained
unfriendly
low-spirited
ill-omened
treacherous
ill-fated
hard-pressed
lurid
fed up
shadowy
parlous
nightmarish
pressing
down in the mouth
precarious
heavy-hearted
upsetting
tortured
harmful
messy
undesirable
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
full of hardship
very bad
murky
uninviting
tenebrous
tenebrific
plutonian
chill
darkening
lonesome
sunless
lonely
unpromising
Cimmerian
cloudy
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
portentous
unoptimistic
defeated
rough
cataclysmic
calamitous
catastrophic
disastrous
horrible
horrendous
horrifying
frightful
ill-boding
in doldrums
hurt
down in dumps
crabby
languished
emotional
having blue devils
out of sorts
dysphoric
bowed down
aggrieved
in tears
languorous
triste
tristful
bereaved
listless
weepy
down-hearted
sick at heart
languid
pensive
wistful
down in mouth
in grief
singing the blues
having the blahs
spiritless
in the dumps
sulky
grieved
hapless
regretful
menacing
uncomfortable
fearsome
daunting
ghastly
fierce
intimidating
rugged
hangdog
frightening
stark
terrifying
unwelcoming
disquieting
jarring
ferocious
mistrustful
chapfallen
mirthless
sorrowing
heartrending
saddening
heartbreaking
grumpy
sceptical
UK
crabbed
untoward
adust
churlish
lamentable
in low spirits
brassed off
chap-fallen
cheesed off
bummed out
in the doldrums
long-faced
disbelieving
grievous
unbelieving
hair-raising
incredulous
undeceived
skeptical
US
deplorable
disabused
heinous
jaundiced
embittered
hardened
nonbelieving
punctured
shattered
sour
hard-bitten
let down
out of love
let-down
brought down to earth
sadder and wiser
hard-boiled
worried
dragged
in the pits
down and out
destroyed
cast-down
torn up
in a blue funk
crummy
disappointing
weighed down
sick as a parrot
devastated
daunted
dismayed
dull
hurting
weeping
bleeding
ripped
lachrymose
moping
shot down
on a downer
low-down
taken down
in the toilet
demoralizing
US
anxious
dejecting
crushing
disenchanting
doomy
grieving
brooding
mourning
sickening
demoralising
UK
suicidal
off-putting
sunk in gloom
surly
mopish
broody
ugly
at the end of your tether
blue funk
emo
subdued
plaintive
atrocious
nostalgic
lamenting
acheronian
acherontic
narrow-minded
low in spirits
lowered
bowed
distraught
fraught
off
sluggish
griefstricken
damp
feel-bad
overcome
very sad
doom-laden
feeling down
full of gloom
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
agonised
UK
rueful
agonized
US
uneasy
humourless
UK
humorless
US
sober
taciturn
unencouraging
jaded
bummed-out
all torn up
full of despair
at wits' end
choked
mopey
concerned
crushed
down-in-the-mouth
dubious
bothered
cowed
at end of one's rope
intimidated
nowhere to go
deflated
deterred
dashed
doom and gloom
disquieted
burdened
unenthused
unconfident
questioning
beat
unconvinced
gloom and doom
nervous
hesitant
quizzical
put off
scoffing
beat-down
come-apart
caved-in
down-in-mouth
lacking in confidence
lacking in enthusiasm
having lost heart
iffy
with cold feet
lost momentum
in blue funk
in a funk
gone to pieces
hesitating
pitiful
pitiable
pathetic
misbelieving
piteous
minimifidian
having reservations
destitute
bereft
lorn
heart-rending
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