Synonyms and related words :
complaining, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, fractious, noncooperative, objecting, obstructive, on the barricades, proof against, protesting, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, retardative, uncooperative, unsubmissive, unyielding, up in arms, withstanding