recalcitrant
29 03 2008Adjectives
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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