Recalcitrant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

Amer. |rɪˈkælsɪtrənt|

Brit. |rɪˈkalsɪtr(ə)nt|

- stubbornly resistant to authority or control (syn: fractious, refractory)
- marked by stubborn resistance to authority

the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators

...the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority...

...a heart-to-heart talk with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he had a troubled life at home...

All recalcitrants were treated as rebels and traitors.

the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators

...the flinty rancher did not hesitate to lather a recalcitrant horse...

You are not the kind of person who beats on recalcitrant vending machines.