REFRACTORY


Meaning of REFRACTORY in English

Refractory people are difficult to deal with or control, for example because they are unwilling to obey orders. (FORMAL)

...~ priests who refused to side with the king.

= recalcitrant

ADJ: usu ADJ n

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