recalcitrant [adjective]: not ready to obey or comply; refractory.
Example: The protestors were recalcitrant and unwilling to negotiate.
Related words: recalcitrance [noun], recalcitrancy [noun], recalcitrantly [adverb]
Synonyms: contrary, disobedient, defiant, headstrong, intractable, obdurate, obstinate, rebellious, refractory, resistant, stubborn, unruly, resisting
Antonyms: amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, obedient, obliging, passive, submissive, subservient, tame, tractable, yielding
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