Synonyms for intractable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-trak-tuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtræk tə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for intractable
- hang tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked
- locked in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- tenacious
- tough
- tough nut
- unbending
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
Définition of intractable
Origin :- c.1500, "rough, stormy;" 1540s, "not manageable," from Latin intractabilis "not to be handled, unmanageable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + tractabilis (see tractable). Related: Intractably.
- adj difficult
- I attempted to laugh off his predictions, but he was intractable.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
- Intractable as he ever was; he won't die, and he won't resign.
- Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
- "Well, it is humiliating enough," said the intractable Paganel.
- Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
- The father of the child says that at home he is violent, overbearing, and intractable.
- Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
- Boab was not intractable, but he was sagacious; he had been fed on that sort of chaff too long.
- Extract from : « Acadia » by Frederic S. Cozzens
- His temper is said to have been moody, impetuous, and intractable.
- Extract from : « Paul and Virginia » by Bernardin de Saint Pierre
- Mrs Saville was as intractable as her husband, and refused to listen to any warning.
- Extract from : « More About Peggy » by Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey
- He was intractable to others; but Ramona could guide him by a wisp of his silky mane.
- Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
- They continued, however, to be intractable on the subject of supplies.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 » by John Lothrop Motley
- Susie may be both sophisticated and intractable, but I await her with joy.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer
Antonyms for intractable
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