Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
- 2adjective
marked by stubborn resistance to authority
"the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"
- 3adjective
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
"a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"
"a refractory child"
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