| Main Entry: |
intractable |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
difficult |
Synonyms: |
awkward, bull-headed,
cantankerous,
contrary,
fractious, hang tough, hard-line,
headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile,
indomitable, insoluble,
intransigent, locked, locked in, mulish,
obdurate,
obstinate, pat,
pertinacious,
perverse, pig-headed,
recalcitrant, refractory,
resolute, self-willed,
stubborn,
tenacious,
tough, tough nut, unbending,
uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable,
unruly,
unyielding,
wayward,
wild, willful
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| Notes: |
intractable means stubborn or obstinate; intransigent is this, but implies being more intense and refusing to compromise or change |
Antonyms: |
manageable
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