Indocile \In*doc"ile\, a. [L. indocilis: cf. F. indocile. See
In- not, and Docile.]
Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or
disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull;
intractable.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
indocile
adj : of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited,
but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: uncontrollable,
ungovernable, unruly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "indocile":
at odds, averse, beyond control, breachy, contumacious, cursory,
defiant, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, forced,
fractious, incorrigible, indisposed, indomitable, insubordinate,
insuppressible, intractable, involuntary, irrepressible, mutinous,
noncooperating, noncooperative, obstreperous, opposed, out of hand,
perfunctory, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting,
restive, shrewish, sulky, sullen, unbiddable, uncompliant,
unconsenting, uncontrollable, uncooperative, undisciplined,
ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly,
unsubmissive, unwilling, wild
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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