recalcitrant

recalcitrant is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
2. adjective. marked by stubborn resistance to authority

   "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

3. adjective. stubbornly resistant to authority or control

   "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"

   "a refractory child"

   Synonyms: fractious, refractory

Synonyms

fractious, refractory

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