The Vocalibrate dictionary
recalcitrant
/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/adjective
stubbornly uncooperative and hard to control
The recalcitrant mule refused to move another step up the hill.
- Near in meaning
- defiantobstinateunrulyintractable
- In the family
- recalcitrancerecalcitrancyrecalcitrantly