defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.

pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion.

(of things) resisting treatment; refractory.

adjective

compliant , governable , manageable , obedient , deferential , docile , dutiful , submissive

adjective

alienated , anarchistic , attacking , bellicose , contumacious , defiant , difficult , disaffected , disloyal , disobedient , disorderly , dissident , factious , fractious , iconoclastic , incorrigible , individualistic , insurgent , insurrectionary , intractable , mutinous , obstinate , pugnacious , quarrelsome , radical , rebel , recalcitrant , refractory , resistant , restless , revolutionary , rioting , riotous , sabotaging , seditious , threatening , treasonable , turbulent , ungovernable , unruly , warring , cranky , insolent , insubordinate , irritable , restive