refractory [adjective]: disobedient, stubborn, unmanageable.
Example: The Left parties adopted a refractory stance on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Related words: refractorily [adverb], refractoriness [noun]
Synonyms: contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, headstrong, intractable, mulish, mutinous, obdurate, obstinate, rebellious, recalcitrant, stubborn, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, willful
Antonyms: amenable, complaisant, compliant, governable, obedient, obliging, pliant, tame, tractable, yielding
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