English-Thai Dictionary

recalcitrant

ADJ หัวดื้อ  หัวแข็ง  ซึ่ง ไม่ยอม เชื่อฟัง  resistant stubborn hua-due

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECALCITRANT

Re *cal "ci *trant, a. Etym: [L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf. Inculcate. ]

 

Defn: Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

recalcitrant

re cal ci trant |riˈkalsətrənt rəˈkælsətrənt | ▶adjective having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline: a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds. ▶noun a person with such an attitude. DERIVATIVES re cal ci trance noun, re cal ci trant ly adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin recalcitrant- ‘kicking out with the heels, ’ from the verb recalcitrare, based on calx, calc- ‘heel. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

recalcitrant

recalcitrant |rɪˈkalsɪtr (ə )nt | ▶adjective having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline: a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds. ▶noun a person with a recalcitrant attitude. DERIVATIVES recalcitrance noun, recalcitrantly adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin recalcitrant- ‘kicking out with the heels ’, from the verb recalcitrare, based on calx, calc- ‘heel ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

recalcitrant

recalcitrant adjective Amy was unprepared to deal with three recalcitrant stepchildren: uncooperative, intractable, obstreperous, truculent, insubordinate, defiant, rebellious, willful, wayward, headstrong, self-willed, contrary, perverse, difficult; formal refractory; archaic froward, contumacious. ANTONYMS amenable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

recalcitrant

recalcitrant adjective a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds. See defiant.

 

French Dictionary

récalcitrant

récalcitrant , ante adj. adjectif Qui résiste avec entêtement. : Ces jeunes sont récalcitrants. SYNONYME insoumis ; rebelle .

 

Spanish Dictionary

recalcitrante

recalcitrante adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que se mantiene firme en su comportamiento, actitud, ideas o intenciones, a pesar de estar equivocado .2 Que es insistente o se mantiene firme :una amargura recalcitrante; la comisión califica a algunos estados de recalcitrantes por su insistente incumplimiento de las normativas medioambientales establecidas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

recalcitrant

re cal ci trant /rɪkǽlsɪtr (ə )nt /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗反抗的な ; 強情な, 頑固な ; 非協力的な 〈人 態度など 〉.