recalcitrant
adjective
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
Related & opposite
- refractoriness derivation
- unruliness derivation
- disobedient similar to
Sense 2 adjective
marked by stubborn resistance to authority
the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
Related & opposite
- refractoriness derivation
- noncompliant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refractoriness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unruliness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | disobedient |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refractoriness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | noncompliant |