recalcitrant

(rĭ-kăl'sĭ-trənt)
adj.
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance. See synonyms at unruly.

n.
A recalcitrant person.

[Late Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrant-, present participle of recalcitrāre, to be disobedient, from Latin, to deny access : re-, re- + calcitrāre, to kick (from calx, calc-, heel).]

recalcitrance re·cal'ci·trance or re·cal'ci·tran·cy n.

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adjective

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

adj

Definition: disobedient, uncontrollable
Antonyms: amenable, compliant, docile, obedient, passive

IN BRIEF: Stubbornly defiant of authority; unruly. Also: Hard to operate or manage; resistant.

If they lingered too long, Clarice hurried them along in the same annoyed way she rushed recalcitrant goats through the gate. — Kaye Gibbons

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or persistence

the ability of a substance to remain in a particular environment in an unchanged form.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - genstridig, stædig
n. - genstridig person

Nederlands (Dutch)
weerspannig, weigerachtig, weerspannige persoon

Français (French)
adj. - récalcitrant
n. - récalcitrant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unruhestifter
adj. - widerspenstig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απείθαρχος, σκληροτράχηλος
adj. - απείθαρχος, ανυπάκουος, δύστροπος, ατίθασος, σκληροτράχηλος

Italiano (Italian)
ricalcitrante, ostinato, restio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recalcitrante (m)
adj. - recalcitrante, obstinado

Русский (Russian)
непокорный, непослушный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - recalcitrante, refractario, reacio
n. - persona recalcitrante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - motsträvig person
adj. - motspänstig, bångstyrig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
反抗的, 顽强的, 反对的, 反抗的人, 顽强者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 反抗的, 頑強的, 反對的
n. - 反抗的人, 頑強者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 완강하게 반항하는, 휘어잡을 수 없는
n. - 완고한 사람, 반항자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 反抗的な, 強情な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تمرد (صفه) متمرد, حرون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרדן, לא מקבל מרות, עקשן‬
n. - ‮אדם מרדן ו/או עקשן‬

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