About The Word Intractable
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Intractable
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What's The Definition Of Intractable?
[adj] not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Intractable: balking | balky | recalcitrant | refractory | stubborn | uncontrollable | unmalleable | unmanageable Related Terms | Find terms related to Intractable: adamant | adamantine | beyond control | breachy | bullheaded | contumacious | defiant | fractious | headstrong | immovable | immutable | incorrigible | indocile | indomitable | inductile | inelastic | inextensible | inextensile | inextensional | inflexible | insubordinate | insuppressible | intractile | intransigent | irrepressible | irresilient | mulish | noncooperating | noncooperative | nonelastic | nonstretchable | obstreperous | out of hand | pertinacious | perverse | recalcitrant | refractory | resistant | resisting | restive | self-willed | shrewish | stubborn | tough | unalterable | unbending | unbiddable | uncompliant | uncontrollable | uncooperative | undisciplined | unextendible | unextensible | unflexible | ungiving | ungovernable | unlimber | unmalleable | unmanageable | unmoldable | unpliable | unpliant | unruly | unsubmissive | untractable | unyielding | wild | willful See Also | defiant | disobedient | noncompliant | untamed | wild Intractable In Webster's Dictionary \In*tract"a*ble\, a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F.
intraitable, formerly also intractable. See {In-} not, and
{Tractable}.]
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed;
indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent;
stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
Syn: Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross;
unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable;
unteachable. -- {In*tract"a*ble*ness}, n. --
{In*tract"a*bly}, adv.
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