HyperDic: refractoriness

English > 1 sense of the word refractoriness:
NOUNattributerefractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancythe trait of being unmanageable
English > refractoriness: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
MeaningThe trait of being unmanageable.
Synonymsunmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy
Broaderintractability, intractablenessThe trait of being hard to influence or control
Spanishindocilidad, insubmisión
Catalandesacatament, indocil·litat, insubmissió
Adjectivesrefractorystubbornly resistant to authority or control
refractorynot responding to treatment

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