Refractory

[rɪ'frækt(ə)rɪ] or [rɪ'fræktəri]

Definition

(adj.) temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; 'the refractory period of a muscle fiber' .

(adj.) not responding to treatment; 'a stubborn infection'; 'a refractory case of acne'; 'stubborn rust stains' .

Edited by Constantine--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

(a.) Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.

(n.) A refractory person.

(n.) Refractoriness.

(n.) OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.

Edited by Katy

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Stubborn, obstinate, stiff, perverse, dogged, mulish, heady, headstrong, cross-grained, intractable, unyielding, contumacious, disobedient, unruly, pig-headed, ungovernable, cantankerous.

Inputed by Bartholomew

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Perverse, contumacious, stubborn, unruly, obstinate, unmanageable, mutinous,rebellious, recalcitrant

ANT:Obedient, docile, amenable, manageable

Edited by Daniel

Definition

adj. breaking through rules: unruly: unmanageable: obstinate: perverse: difficult of fusion as metals &c.: not susceptible as to disease.—adv. Refrac′torily.—n. Refrac′toriness.

Checked by Charlie

Examples

Inputed by Leslie

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