Meaning of INTRACTABLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'traktubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" |
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| | Synonyms: | | balking, balky, recalcitrant, refractory, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmalleable, unmanageable |
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| | Antonyms: | | tractable | | |
| | See Also: | | defiant, disobedient, noncompliant, untamed, wild | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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