Thesaurus / refractoriness
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synonyms for refractoriness
- assertiveness
- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- heedlessness
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- impulsiveness
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- obstinacy
- obstreperousness
- orneriness
- perverseness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- wildness
- willfulness
- indocility
- intemperanc
- obstinateness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- waywardness
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And he only gave way after Bartek's refractoriness also had been softened by unusual eloquence on Porankiewicz's part.
MORE TALES BY POLISH AUTHORSVARIOUSPure clay base is also highly resistant to fire and therefore contributes to the refractoriness of the mass.
THE POTTER'S CRAFTCHARLES F. BINNSIt cannot be doubted that a certain refractoriness to form is a typical feature of the Basque character.
TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFEMIGUEL DE UNAMUNOTwo stumbling-blocks were to be steered clear of:—the scruples of the Jewish converts, and the refractoriness of the Gentiles.
NOT PAUL, BUT JESUSJEREMY BENTHAMThere was only one part of his progress in which Carefinotu showed refractoriness; that was in learning the English language.
GODFREY MORGANJULES VERNEHere, then, is an element in a renewed life that has a peculiar refractoriness and irresponsiveness.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANSROBERT RAINYFive babies at different stages of refractoriness are sprawling about on this strip of floor; they make noises all the time.
THINGS AS THEY AREAMY WILSON-CARMICHAELI considered them, therefore, as beings influenced by the most deplorable obduracy and refractoriness of spirit.
THE DEVIL'S ELIXIRE. T. A. HOFFMANNThe great Potter is not to be blamed because of the refractoriness of the clay.
THE POTTER AND THE CLAYARTHUR F. WINNINGTON INGRAMSince all resistance is useless, I lay down my arms although after relapses into refractoriness.
LEGENDSAUGUST STRINDBERGWORDS RELATED TO REFRACTORINESS
- defiance
- dereliction
- disregard
- indiscipline
- infraction
- infringement
- insubmission
- insubordination
- insurgence
- intractableness
- mutiny
- neglect
- nonobservance
- perversity
- rebellion
- recalcitrance
- refractoriness
- revolt
- revolution
- riot
- sabotage
- sedition
- strike
- stubbornness
- transgression
- unruliness
- violation
- waywardness
- affront
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- disorderliness
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- fractiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractability
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- refractoriness
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- wildness
- affront
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- disorderliness
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- fractiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- indocility
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- refractoriness
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- untowardness
- wildness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.