| slovo | definícia |
intractableness
(encz) | intractableness, n: |
Intractableness
(gcide) | Intractable \In*tract"a*ble\, a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F.
intraitable, formerly also intractable. See In- not, and
Tractable.]
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed;
indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent;
stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
Syn: Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross;
unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable;
unteachable. -- In*tract"a*ble*ness, n. --
In*tract"a*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster] |
intractableness
(wn) | intractableness
n 1: the trait of being hard to influence or control [syn:
intractability, intractableness] [ant: flexibility,
tractability, tractableness] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Intractableness
(gcide) | Intractable \In*tract"a*ble\, a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F.
intraitable, formerly also intractable. See In- not, and
Tractable.]
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed;
indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent;
stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
Syn: Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross;
unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable;
unteachable. -- In*tract"a*ble*ness, n. --
In*tract"a*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster] |
|