UNCOOPERATIVE
ADJECTIVES
► BLOODY-MINDED uncooperative, stubborn; cantankerous; perverse, contrary → 1935
► CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL’S OFF-HORSE uncooperative, perverse, stubborn, obstinate → 1940 Amer. dial.
► ORNERY uncooperative and ill-humoured → 1816 US sl.
► SHEG-UP unpleasant, uncooperative → 1950 W. Indies
► STICKY uncooperative, difficult to cope with; awkward; tending to make difficulties → 1882
NOUNS
► UNOBLIGINGNESS a being uncooperative → 1872
NOUNS – PERSON
► BADASS an uncooperative, tough, or aggressive person; a troublemaker → M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BOLSHIE ► BOLSHY an uncooperative person → 1940 Brit. sl.
VERBS
► COP A TUDE to act in an uncooperative or angry manner → 1980s US students’ sl.
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