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intratable — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cantankerous adj Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
  • intractable adj Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
  • ornery adj Stubborn, grumpy, and difficult to deal with.

Senses

intratable is used for these senses in English:

  • cantankerous Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
  • ornery (originally, and, chiefly, US, especially, Appalachia, informal) Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.

intractable — full definition

  1. adj Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
  2. adj Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.
  3. adj Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
  4. adj Stubborn; obstinate. (of a person)

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