Synonyms for recalcitrant
See recalcitrant in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Marked by defiance:
contumacious, defiant. See resistNot submitting to discipline or control:
disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild. Idiom: out of line. See control, order, peace, resist
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