1. (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

• perverseness
• perversity

2. (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition

• crankiness
• crotchetiness
• grumpiness

1. (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

• cussedness
• orneriness

1. (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

• fractiousness
• unruliness
• wilfulness
• willfulness

2. (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition

• ill nature

1. (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

• contrary
• contrary
• contrary
• obstinate
• obstinate
• obstinate
• perverse
• perverse
• perverse
• wayward
• wayward
• wayward
• perverse

2. (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition

• bad-tempered
• crabbed
• crabby
• cross
• fussy
• grouchy
• grumpy
• ill-tempered
• cantankerous
• crotchety
• ornery
• cranky
• fractious
• irritable
• nettlesome
• peckish
• peevish
• pettish
• petulant
• scratchy
• techy
• testy
• tetchy