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English adjective: intractable

1. intractable not tractable; difficult to manage or mold


SamplesAn intractable disposition.
Intractable pain.
The most intractable issue of our era.
Intractable metal.


Similarbalking, balky, refractory, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmalleable, unmanageable


See alsodefiant, difficult, disobedient, noncompliant, obstinate, stubborn, unmanageable, unregenerate, untamed, wild


Attributeflexibility, tractability, tractableness


Antonymsmanipulable, tractable









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