Recalcitrant \Re*cal"ci*trant\ (r[-e]*k[a^]l"s[i^]*trant), a.
[L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; pref.
re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf.
Inculcate.]
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or
opposition; refractory.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
recalcitrant
adj 1: marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or
guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything
revolves around a refractory individual genius" [syn:
refractory]
2: marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University
suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"
WordNet (r) 2.0
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "recalcitrant":
adamant, adversary, adversative, adverse, alien, antagonistic,
anti, antipathetic, antithetic, at odds, averse, beyond control,
bouncing, bounding, breachy, breakaway, clashing, competitive,
complaining, con, conflicting, contradicting, contradictory,
contrary, contumacious, counter, counteractant, counteracting,
counteractive, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross,
crotchety, cursory, defiant, deviant, differing, disaccordant,
disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, disputatious, disputing,
dissentient, dissenting, dissident, enemy, firm, forced, fractious,
headstrong, hostile, immovable, impatient of control, incorrigible,
indisposed, indocile, indomitable, inflexible, inimical,
insubordinate, insuppressible, intractable, involuntary,
irrepressible, mutinous, negative, nonconformable, nonconforming,
nonconformist, noncooperative, nonobservant, objecting, obstinate,
obstreperous, obstructive, on the barricades, opponent, opposed,
opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, ornery,
out of hand, overthwart, perfunctory, perverse, proof against,
protesting, reactionary, reactionist, rebellious, rebounding,
recoiling, recusant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent,
repercussive, repugnant, resilient, resistant, resisting,
resistive, restive, retardant, retardative, revolutionary, rival,
shrewish, springing, stiff, stubborn, sulky, sullen, unadaptable,
unadjustable, unbending, unbiddable, uncompliant, unconforming,
unconsenting, uncontrollable, uncooperative, undisciplined,
unfavorable, unfriendly, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable,
unmoldable, unpropitious, unruly, unsubmissive, untoward,
unwilling, unyielding, up in arms, wayward, wild, withstanding
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
refractory
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