intractable

(ĭn-trăk'tə-bəl)
adj.

1. Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn. See synonyms at unruly.
2. Difficult to mold or manipulate: intractable materials.
3. Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure: intractable pain.

intractability in·trac'ta·bil'i·ty or in·trac'ta·ble·ness n.
intractably in·trac'ta·bly adv.

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adjective

Not submitting to discipline or control: disorderly, fractious, indocile, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild. Idioms: out of line. See control/uncontrol, order/disorder, peace/conflict, resist/yield.

Unmanageable, intolerable.

For a list of words related to intractable, see:

• Dominant, Stubborn, Proud, or Confident

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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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