January 7th - Word of the Day - Intractable

in·trac·ta·ble
[in-trak-tuh-buh’l]

adjective
1. not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.

2. (of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal.

3. hard to treat, relieve, or cure: the intractable pain in his leg.

 
noun

4. an intractable person.

 
Synonyms
1.  perverse, headstrong, dogged, obdurate, stony, willful, froward. 1, 2.  fractious, refractory, unbending, inflexible, adamant, unyielding. See unruly.

Antonyms
1.  amiable. 1, 2.  amenable, flexible.