- Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn. See synonyms at unruly.
- Difficult to mold or manipulate: intractable materials.
- Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure: intractable pain.
intractably in·trac'ta·bly adv.
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adjective
Unmanageable, intolerable.
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ustyrlig, uregerlig, umedgørlig, stædig, vanskelig at behandle
Nederlands (Dutch)
onhandelbaar, lastig, moeilijk te volgen
Français (French)
adj. - intraitable, inflexible, dur à travailler, rebelle, insoumis, opiniâtre, intraitable (une maladie), très difficile (un problème)
Deutsch (German)
adj. - hartnäckig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ατίθασος, ανυπάκουος, δύσκολος
Italiano (Italian)
intrattabile
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - intratável
Русский (Russian)
несговорчивый, неподатливый, трудноизлечимый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - intratable
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - motspänstig, oregerlig, svårbehandlad
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
不听话的, 棘手的, 倔强的
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不聽話的, 棘手的, 倔強的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 고집 센, 처리하기 어려운
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 御しにくい, 手に負えない, 強情な, 直りにくい, 扱いにくい, 加工しにくい
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) شموس, , عنيد, يصعب طرقه ( كالحديد)
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שקשה לשלוט בו, לא מקבל מרות, עקשני, מרדן
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