refractory

Speech parts

1. refractory - Noun

2. refractory - Adjective

3. refractory - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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.

A refractory person.

Refractoriness.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stubborn unruly perverse obstinate recalcitrant ungovernable unmanageable unyielding fractious contumacious strong difficult tenable hard stable
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Antonyms

good godly clean flexible elevated ethical
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Hypernyms

lining liner

Phrases with the word

refractory material refractory cytopenia refractory leukemia refractory clay cytokine-refractory lamivudine-refractory

Examples

a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness Source: Internet

a refractory child Source: Internet

the refractory period of a muscle fiber Source: Internet

a stubborn infection Source: Internet

a refractory case of acne Source: Internet

stubborn rust stains Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

refractorily refractoriness refractority refractory anaemia refractory anaemia with excess blasts refractory anemia