recalcitrant English

Meaning recalcitrant meaning

What does recalcitrant mean?

recalcitrant

— adjective marked by stubborn resistance to authority the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators

— adjective (= fractious, refractory) stubbornly resistant to authority or control a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness a refractory child

Synonyms recalcitrant synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as recalcitrant?

recalcitrant English » English

refractory

unruly

resistant

stubborn

wayward

unmanageable

perverse

obstinate

intractable

insubordinate

fractious

bolshie

willful

waspish

vixenish

untoward

unconventional

truculent

testy

surly

sullen

stiff-necked

splenish

splenetic

shrewish

rough

restive

resist

renitent

reluctant

recalcitrantly

rebellious

rascally

pettish

peevish

obstreperous

obdurate

morose

incorrigible

incalcitrant

illtempered

headstrong

grouching

froward

fretful

dogmatic

disobedient

delinquent

defiant

cross

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Stubborn

• What words describe someone who is stubborn?
  stubborn adamant bull-headed conservative dogged enduring hardened hardheaded headstrong immovable impenitent incorrigible indomitable inflexible intractable mulish obdurate obstinate persistent pig-headed recalcitrant relentless stiff-necked strong-willed stubborn as stubborn as a mule tenacious unbending uncompromising ungovernable unmanageable unrepentant unyielding willful