Thesaurus / recalcitrant
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Materials documenting how to grow the recalcitrant orange fungus were essentially nonexistent in the English language until Padilla-Brown published his first cultivation guide in 2017.
MEET THE RENAISSANCE MAN OBSESSED WITH MUSHROOMSDOUG BIERENDMARCH 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThe dream of true precision medicine has been mired in the sluggish and recalcitrant health-care system, where patient data is often seen as more of a nuisance than a benefit.
WHY COVID-19 MIGHT FINALLY USHER IN THE ERA OF HEALTH CARE BASED ON A PATIENT’S DATAKATIE MCLEANFEBRUARY 24, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWHowever, we always hope the next will prove less recalcitrant; in which faith we advance trembling.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONGloria looked around at those who remained recalcitrant and concentrated her gaze on Stevens.
THE ONSLAUGHT FROM RIGELFLETCHER PRATTIt was from this Ireland of the darkness that the recalcitrant Ireland of the twentieth century arose.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLSThese heartening recollections made me forget the loss of Twist, the recalcitrant cow, and the dilemma that confronted me.
OX-TEAM DAYS ON THE OREGON TRAILEZRA MEEKERIn most instances the recalcitrant part of the provincial populations prevailed.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 64, NO. 393, JULY 1848VARIOUSBut witnesses called upon to testify before grand juries as to such practices, proved recalcitrant.
RAILROADS: RATES AND REGULATIONSWILLIAM Z. RIPLEYAnd should he prove to be recalcitrant, Enistor recognised that the marriage would only make matters worse.
A SON OF PERDITIONFERGUS HUMEHe at once took the field, subdued his recalcitrant subjects, and made them pay a heavy tribute.
HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA FROM 1619 TO 1880. VOL 1GEORGE W. WILLIAMSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO RECALCITRANT
- adamant
- balky
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unshakable
- untoward
- willful
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- beside oneself
- disorderly
- excited
- fractious
- frantic
- furious
- headstrong
- indocile
- indomitable
- insuppressible
- insurgent
- intractable
- irrepressible
- irresistible
- lawless
- like a loose cannon
- mad
- obdurate
- obstinate
- recalcitrant
- strong
- stubborn
- uncontainable
- undisciplinable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unrestrainable
- unruly
- violent
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
- adverse
- annoying
- awkward
- contrary
- disastrous
- disturbing
- fractious
- hapless
- ill-starred
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- indocile
- inimical
- inopportune
- intractable
- irritating
- luckless
- misfortunate
- perverse
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- star-crossed
- undisciplined
- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- ungovernable
- unhappy
- unlucky
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unpropitious
- unruly
- untimely
- unyielding
- vexatious
- wild
- afraid
- against
- against the grain
- averse
- backward
- begrudging
- compelled
- contrary
- demurring
- disinclined
- disobliging
- evasive
- forced
- grudging
- hesitating
- indisposed
- indocile
- involuntary
- laggard
- loath
- malcontent
- opposed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- reluctant
- remiss
- resistant
- shrinking
- shy
- slack
- slow
- unaccommodating
- uncheerful
- uncooperative
- uneager
- unenthusiastic
- uninclined
- unobliging
- unready
- unwishful
- wayward
- aberrant
- arbitrary
- balky
- capricious
- changeable
- contumacious
- cross-grained
- delinquent
- disobedient
- disorderly
- errant
- erratic
- fickle
- flighty
- fractious
- froward
- headstrong
- immoral
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- ornery
- perverse
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- restive
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- stubborn
- uncompliant
- undependable
- ungovernable
- unpredictable
- unruly
- unstable
- variable
- whimsical
- willful
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