re·cal·ci·trant

(rĭ-kăl′sĭ-trənt)

adj.

1. Stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance. See Synonyms at obstinate.

2. Difficult to manage or deal with: a recalcitrant problem.

3. Resistant to chemical decomposition; decomposing extremely slowly.

A recalcitrant person.

[Late Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrant-, present participle of recalcitrāre, to be disobedient, from Latin, to deny access : re-, re- + calcitrāre, to kick (from calx, calc-, heel).]

re·cal′ci·trance, re·cal′ci·tran·cy n.

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recalcitrant

(rɪˈkælsɪtrənt)

adj

not susceptible to control or authority; refractory

a recalcitrant person

[C19: via French from Latin recalcitrāre, from re- + calcitrāre to kick, from calx heel]

reˈcalcitrance n

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re•cal•ci•trant

(rɪˈkæl sɪ trənt)

adj.

1. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant: a recalcitrant prisoner.

2. hard to deal with, manage, or operate.

3. a recalcitrant person.

[1835–45; < Latin recalcitrant-, s. of recalcitrāns, present participle of recalcitrāre to kick back]

re•cal′ci•trance, re•cal′ci•tran•cy, n.

recalcitrant

- Comes from Latin recalcitrare, "kick out with the heels," from calx, "heel."

recalcitrant

adjective disobedient, contrary, unwilling, defiant, stubborn, wayward, unruly, uncontrollable, intractable, wilful, obstinate, unmanageable, ungovernable, refractory, insubordinate, contumacious a recalcitrant child of an unhappy mother
obedient, compliant, amenable, submissive, docile

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recalcitrant

adjective

1. Marked by defiance:

contumacious, defiant.

2. Not submitting to discipline or control:

disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild.

Idiom: out of line.

Translations

renitent

recalcitrante ricalcitrante

recalcitrant

[rɪˈkælsɪtrənt] ADJ → recalcitrante, contumaz (frm)

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recalcitrant

[rɪˈkælsɪtrənt] adj (= stubborn) → récalcitrant(e)

recalcitrant

adj → aufsässig

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recalcitrant

[rɪˈkælsɪtr/ənt] adj (frm) → riluttante

Adj.	1.	recalcitrant - stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" fractious, refractory disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
	2.	recalcitrant - marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators" defiant, noncompliant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"