recalcitrant

Meaning

Adj

1. Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
2. Unwilling to cooperate socially.
3. Difficult to deal with or to operate.
4. Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.

Noun

A person who is recalcitrant.

Synonyms

refractory

unruly

resistant

stubborn

intractable

perverse

fractious

unmanageable

bolshie

obstinate

insubordinate

wayward

froward

grouching

headstrong

incorrigible

morose

obdurate

obstreperous

peevish

pettish

rascally

rebellious

reluctant

renitent

resist

restive

rough

shrewish

splenetic

stiff-necked

sullen

surly

testy

truculent

unconventional

untoward

vixenish

waspish

willful

contrarious

illtempered

splenish

incalcitrant

angry

😠

recalcitrantly

bloody-minded

cantankerous

captious

crabbed

Translations

récalcitrant

recalcitrant

recalcitrante

ricalcitrante

widerspenstig

trotzig

weerspannig

aufsässig

recalcitrante

renitente

weerbarstig

störrisch

relutante

προκλητικός

réfractaire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪ.ˈkæl.sɪ.tɹənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French récalcitrant, from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”), 1820s.