recalcitrant

29 03 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) fractious, recalcitrant, refractory;
  - stubbornly resistant to authority or control;
  - “a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”; “a refractory child”;

2. (adj.) recalcitrant;
  - marked by stubborn resistance to authority;
  - “the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators”;

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