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weerspannig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fractious adj Given to troublemaking.
  • recalcitrant adjective Stubbornly refusing to obey authority, follow rules or cooperate, even under pressure.

Senses

weerspannig is used for these senses in English:

fractious — full definition

  1. adj Given to troublemaking.
  2. adj Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.

recalcitrant — full definition

  1. adjective Stubbornly refusing to obey authority, follow rules or cooperate, even under pressure.
  2. adjective Of a thing or material: resistant to being handled, treated or worked with.
  3. noun A person who refuses to comply.

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