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n. lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace

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adj. temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"

refractory, stubborn

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

refractory, recalcitrant

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

fractious, refractory, recalcitrant

adj. stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

contrarious, cross-grained

adj. difficult to deal with

cantankerous, crotchety, ornery

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

fractious, refractory, recalcitrant

adj. stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable

adj. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

disobedient

adj. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

contrarious, cross-grained

adj. difficult to deal with

cantankerous, crotchety, ornery

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

fractious, refractory, recalcitrant

adj. stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

adj. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

recalcitrant

adj. marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

hardheaded, mulish

adj. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

obstreperous

adj. boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor"

unmanageable, difficult

adj. hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

mutinous

adj. disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"

rebellious

adj. resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded

adj. obstinate and stupid

restive

adj. impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

loath, loth, reluctant

adj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"

contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly

adj. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

contrarious, cross-grained

adj. difficult to deal with

cantankerous, crotchety, ornery

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

intractable

adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

refractory, recalcitrant

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

refractory, stubborn

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

unhelpful

adj. providing no assistance

refractory, recalcitrant

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

uncontrollable, unmanageable

adj. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"

unmalleable

adj. difficult or impossible to shape or work

refractory, stubborn

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

uncontrollable, unmanageable

adj. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"

unmalleable

adj. difficult or impossible to shape or work

contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

recusant

adj. refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams

ductile, malleable

adj. easily influenced

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