recalcitrante — meaning in English
Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead
English meaning
- recalcitrant adjective Stubbornly refusing to obey authority, follow rules or cooperate, even under pressure.
- restive adj Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
Senses
recalcitrante is used for these senses in English:
- recalcitrant Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
- restive Resistant to control; stubborn.
recalcitrant — full definition
- adjective Stubbornly refusing to obey authority, follow rules or cooperate, even under pressure.
- adjective Of a thing or material: resistant to being handled, treated or worked with.
- noun A person who refuses to comply.
restive — full definition
- adj Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
- adj Resistant to control; stubborn.
- adj Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.