recalcitrant

  • (s) stubbornly resistant to authority or control
    • a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
    • a refractory child
    fractious, refractory,
  • (s) marked by stubborn resistance to authority
    • the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators

Synonyms

fractious refractory

Words of close approximity

recalcitrate