recalcitrant
11
8.1
- adjective
- /rɪˈkæl.sɪ.trənt/
- Formal
:
recalcitrante
- The parents struggled with their recalcitrant teenager, who constantly resisted their guidance.
- the most recalcitrant
- even the most recalcitrant
- recalcitrant members
And those who oppose them for whatever reason, will be cast as the problem, as as obstinate, as recalcitrant.
- And those who oppose them for whatever reason, will be cast as the problem, as as obstinate, as recalcitrant.
Examples
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Her teachers reacted with horror, doing everything in their power to dissuade the recalcitrant child.
Academic text (1993) -
What would you suggest to physicians who are recalcitrant to the idea of patients bringing in their own data sets?
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And I know I must seem recalcitrant, but my soul is my own.
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He's very recalcitrant and does not want to do the thing you expect to be done.
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If they are looking for a recalcitrant southerner, they have found one.
Fiction book (1995) -
But foreign policy involves trying to accomplish varied objectives in a complex and recalcitrant world.
Academic text (1999) -
Love and understanding... ...won't make a good detective out of a recalcitrant poet.
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From all accounts, Jesse Kingston was recalcitrant and headstrong and got what he deserved.
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The teacher found it challenging to manage the recalcitrant student who refused to follow the classroom rules.
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Despite repeated warnings, the recalcitrant employee continued to arrive late to work.
Synonyms
217
2.9
Not willing to change your mind even when others try to persuade you
63
5.6
Refusing to follow rules or orders in a bold, open way
43
4.5
Not willing to follow rules or authority
41
4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
34
4.4
Behaving badly and not following rules
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
20
4.3
Refusing to accept change or obey people in charge
16
7.5
Refusing to change your opinion or behavior even when others try to persuade you
14
5.4
Deliberately refusing to do what others want
12
8.1
Refusing to follow orders or respect someone in charge
11
4.0
Refuses to obey rules or people in charge
9
8.6
Gets angry easily and often argues with people
7
9.9
Being hard to control and easily annoyed, often causing trouble
4
8.6
To refuse to obey leaders and show open rebellion
3
8.8
A person who refuses to change their opinion or behaviour even when others try to persuade them
1
9.9
Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong
1
8.1
Not willing to change your mind or actions
1
9.9
Hard to control or train and does not obey people in charge
1
8.7
Hard to control or manage because of stubborn behaviour
1
9.9
Being stubborn and refusing to obey people in charge, for example a court
1
9.9
Unwilling to cooperate and often challenging authority
1
7.3
A person who insists on doing what they want and often disobeys others
Not obeying rules or orders from people in power
Likely to oppose rules or orders
Often refuses to do what others ask
Refusing to change an opinion even when people give reasons
Antonyms
How Resistant
63
5.6
43
4.5
- Formal
11
8.1
217
2.9
22
4.5
247
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Recalcitrant comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and calcitrare 'to kick', so imagine someone 'kicking back' against orders. That's why a recalcitrant person or thing stubbornly refuses to obey rules or to be controlled.