Definition of intractable

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of intractable is as below...

Intractable (a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child..

Lern More About Intractable

Perverse :: Perverse (a.) Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary..
Intractability :: Intractability (n.) The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
Indocility :: Indocility (n.) The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness.
Intractable :: Intractable (a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child..
Indocile :: Indocile (a.) Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable..
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may
Obdurate :: Obdurate (a.) Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Obstinate; intractable.
Impracticable :: Impracticable (a.) Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with..
Indocible :: Indocible (a.) Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile..
Churlish :: Churlish (a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals..
Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Intractable; not yielding to culture.
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) A fierce, intractable creature..
Impracticability :: Impracticability (n.) Intractableness; stubbornness.
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us