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Word | Recalcitrant |
Korean Meaning | 고집 불통 |
marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; a recalcitrant teenager; everything revolves around a refractory individual genius / stubbornly resistant to authority or control / Kicking back / obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly / having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline. / stubbornly refusing to obey rules or orders, | |
Usage | ⇒ Which animal do you think is more recalcitrant, a pig or a mule? ⇒ the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority ⇒ a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds |
Synonyms | refractory, stubborn, obstinate, unruly, intractable, contumacious, disobedient, unmanageable, defiant, rebellious, contrary, fractious, insubordinate, ungovernable, wayward, mutinous, headstrong, uncontrollable, unyielding, perverse, |
Antonyms | amenable, obedient, passive, biddable, compliant, docile, acquiescent, agreeable, conformable, submissive, tractable, well-behaved, yielding, accepting, complaisant, controllable, cooperative, deferential, disciplined, governable, |
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