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in·trac·ta·ble
 intractable
- pronunciation:
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded.
His niece was the only person who had any influence on that intractable old man.- antonyms:
- malleable, tractable
- similar words:
- contumacious, difficult, hardheaded, hopeless, mulish, problem, recalcitrant, wild
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| definition 2: |
not easily shaped, manipulated, or solved.
intractable materialan intractable problem- antonyms:
- malleable, tractable
- similar words:
- recalcitrant
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| definition 3: |
not easily treated, relieved, or cured.
an intractable illness |
| related words: |
contrary, defiant, hopeless, impenetrable, impossible, inflexible, lawless, obdurate, obstinate, stubborn, tough, unbending, wayward, willful |
| derivations: |
intractably (adv.), intractability (n.), intractableness (n.) |
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