αν και οχλήθηκε πολλάκις, αρνείται να καταβάλει το ποσό αυτό
από δυστροπίαalthough he has been requested to pay this amount several times, he refuses to do so out of crabbedness/resentment/frowardness;
από δυστροπία -> out of crabbedness, out of resentment, out of frowardness;