intractable — adj 1. indocile, unsubmissive, uncompliant, incompliant, uncooperative, unconforming, nonconforming; stubborn, obstinate, pervicacious, pig headed, mulish, obdurate, headstrong, willful, strong willed, wayward, wrong headed; cross grained,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
intractable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unmanageable, ungovernable; obstinate, perverse; refractory, rebellious. See obstinacy. Ant., obedient. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unmanageable, contrary, stubborn, recalcitrant; see contrary 4 ,… … English dictionary for students
intractable — Synonyms and related words: adamant, adamantine, beyond control, breachy, bullheaded, contumacious, defiant, fractious, headstrong, immovable, immutable, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, inductile, inelastic, inextensible, inextensile,… … Moby Thesaurus
willful — will·ful or wil·ful / wil fəl/ adj: not accidental: done deliberately or knowingly and often in conscious violation or disregard of the law, duty, or the rights of others willful injury a willful violation of a court order will·ful·ly adv… … Law dictionary
incorrigible — I adjective beyond help, beyond reform, chronic, cureless, hardened, hopeless, impenitent, incapable of correction, incurable, intractable, intransigent, inveterate, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable,… … Law dictionary
inflexible — I adjective adamant, cantankerous, changeless, contumacious, decided, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hardened, headstrong, immobile, immovable, immutable, impersuadible, impersuasible, indocile, indomitable, inelastic, inexorable,… … Law dictionary
obdurate — I adjective callous, cold, decided, determined, dogged, dogmatic, dogmatical, firm, hard, hardbitten, hardened, hardhearted, harsh, headstrong, heartless, immovable, immutable, impervious, impossible to influence, incorrigible, indifferent,… … Law dictionary
restive — I adjective averse, balking, balky, cantankerous, contumacious, crossgrained, crotchety, deaf to reason, demurring, difficult, discontented, disinclined, disobedient, exceptious, excitable, excited, fidgety, fractious, fretful, grumpy, headstrong … Law dictionary
unbending — I adjective adamant, durus, firm, fixed, hard, immobile, immovable, implacable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, narrow minded, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, renitent, resistant, resolute, rigid, rigidus, stern, stiff, straight,… … Law dictionary
unyielding — I adjective adamant, adamantine, constant, decided, dedicated, determined, devoted, enduring, faithful, firm, fixed, hard, headstrong, immobile, immovable, impliant, indomitable, inductile, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent,… … Law dictionary
