recalcitrant

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.

(ri-KAL-si-truhnt)

adjective
Stubbornly resistant to authority.

Etymology
From Latin recalcitrare (to kick back, to be disobedient), from re- (again) + calcitrare (to kick), from calx (heel). If you have a dog that has dug his heels in while you're trying to pull him forward, you have a case of an animal that's being recalcitrant, literally

Usage
"Mount Kelut has been on high alert for more than two weeks but activity escalated dramatically on Friday, triggering fresh rounds of evacuations carried out by troops and local officials. On Saturday, some recalcitrant residents were dragged from their homes." — Indonesia's Mount Kelut Erupts; Agence France-Presse; Nov 3, 2007.

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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

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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

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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