Dominion recriminations against the recalcitrant treaty population did not end with the Battleford executions in the fall of 1885.
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Recalcitrant
//ɹɪˈkæl.sɪ.tɹənt//
Synonyms for "recalcitrant" (180 found)
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nonconformingnonconformistnoncooperativenonobservantnot in the moodobjectingobstinateobstreperousobstructiveon the barricadesopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantorneryout of handoverthwart
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perfunctoryperverseproof againstprotestingreactionaryreactionistrebelliousreboundingrecoilingrecusantreluctantrenitentrepellentrepercussiverepugnantresilientresistantresistingresistiverestiveretardantretardativerevolutionaryrivalrogueself-willedshrewishspringingstiffstrongsulkysullenunadaptableunadjustableunbendingunbiddableuncompliantunconformingunconsentinguncontrollableuncooperativeundisciplinedunfavorableunfriendlyungovernableunmalleableunmanageableunmoldableunpropitiousunrulyunsubmissiveuntamableuntowardunwillingunyieldingup in armswaywardwildwithstanding
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4 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- меудобен adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- непокорен adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- своеволен adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 桀驁不馴嘅 /桀骜不驯嘅 adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Danish
2 entries- genstridig adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- stædig adj (hard to deal with or operate)
Dutch
4 entries- koppig adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- onhandelbaar adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- recalcitrant adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- tegenstrijdig adj (hard to deal with or operate)
Esperanto
1 entries- obstina adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Finnish
2 entries- itsepintainen adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- uppiniskainen adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
French
1 entries- rebelle adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
German
4 entries- aufmüpfig adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- aufmüpfig adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- aufsässig adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- aufsässig adj (hard to deal with or operate)
Icelandic
2 entries- þrjóskur adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- þverúðarfullur adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Manx
1 entries- neuwooiagh adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Norwegian
2 entries- gjenstridig adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- trassig adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Polish
4 entries- krnąbrny adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- nieposłuszny adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- uparty adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- uparciuch noun (A person who is recalcitrant)
Russian
4 entries- непоко́рный adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- про́чный adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- сто́йкий adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- упо́рный adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Spanish
3 entries- contumaz adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- recalcitrante adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- recalcitrante, contumaz adj (hard to deal with or operate)
Swedish
4 entries- enveten adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- hårdnackad adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- motspänstig adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- motsträvig adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Turkish
4 entries- aksi adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- itaat etmez adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- serkeş adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- söz dinlemez adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Ukrainian
4 entries- непокірний adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- непіддатливий adj (hard to deal with or operate)
- неслухняний adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
- стійкий adj (hard to deal with or operate)
Urdu
1 entries- باغی adj (marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He is recalcitrant.
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He's a recalcitrant boy.
Source: tatoeba (9728659)
He's recalcitrant.
Source: tatoeba (9728663)
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