'Recalcitrant' definitions:
Definition of 'recalcitrant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" [syn: fractious, refractory, recalcitrant]
adjective
Marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"
Definition of 'Recalcitrant'
From: GCIDE
- Recalcitrant \Re*cal"ci*trant\ (r[-e]*k[a^]l"s[i^]*trant), a. [L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf. Inculcate.] Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recalcitrant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- at odds,
- averse,
- beyond control,
- bouncing,
- bounding,
- breachy,
- breakaway,
- clashing,
- competitive,
- complaining,
- con,
- conflicting,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- counter,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- cross,
- crotchety,
- cursory,
- defiant,
- deviant,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- disinclined,
- disobedient,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- enemy,
- firm,
- forced,
- fractious,
- headstrong,
- hostile,
- immovable,
- impatient of control,
- incorrigible,
- indisposed,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- inflexible,
- inimical,
- insubordinate,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- involuntary,
- irrepressible,
- mutinous,
- negative,
- nonconformable,
- nonconforming,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperative,
- nonobservant,
- objecting,
- obstinate,
- obstreperous,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- ornery,
- out of hand,
- overthwart,
- perfunctory,
- perverse,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- reactionary,
- reactionist,
- rebellious,
- rebounding,
- recoiling,
- recusant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- repercussive,
- repugnant,
- resilient,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- revolutionary,
- rival,
- shrewish,
- springing,
- stiff,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- unadaptable,
- unadjustable,
- unbending,
- unbiddable,
- uncompliant,
- unconforming,
- unconsenting,
- uncontrollable,
- uncooperative,
- undisciplined,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unpropitious,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- untoward,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- wayward,
- wild,
- withstanding