'Intractable' definitions:
Definition of 'intractable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" [ant: manipulable, tractable]
Definition of 'Intractable'
From: GCIDE
- Intractable \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intractable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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