refractory
11Refractory — Not yielding (at least not yielding readily) to treatment. * * * 1. Resistant to treatment, as of a disease. SYN: intractable (1), obstinate (2). 2. SYN: obstinate (1). [L. refractarius, fr. refringo, pp. fractus, to break in pieces] * * *… …
12refractory — I. adjective Etymology: alteration of refractary, from Latin refractarius, irregular from refragari to oppose, from re + fragari (as in suffragari to support with one s vote) Date: 1606 1. resisting control or authority ; stubborn, unmanageable 2 …
13refractory — 1. adjective /ɹɪˈfɹæk.təɹ.i/ a) Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something. Mr. Weller knocked at the door, and after a pretty long interval occupied by the party without, in whistling a tune, and by the party within, in persuading a… …
14refractory — [[t]rɪfræ̱ktəri[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Refractory people are difficult to deal with or control, for example because they are unwilling to obey orders. [FORMAL] ...refractory priests who refused to side with the king. Syn: recalcitrant …
15refractory — /rəˈfræktəri / (say ruh fraktuhree) adjective 1. stubborn; unmanageable: a refractory child. 2. resisting ordinary methods of treatment. 3. difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal. –noun (plural refractories) 4. a material having… …
16refractory — re|frac|to|ry [rıˈfræktəri] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: refractarius, from refragari to oppose ] 1.) formal deliberately not obeying someone in authority and being difficult to deal with or control = ↑unruly 2.) medical a refractory… …
17refractory — re|frac|to|ry [ rı frækt(ə)ri ] adjective 1. ) VERY FORMAL badly behaved and difficult to control 2. ) MEDICAL a refractory illness does not improve despite medical treatment …
18refractory — Resistant to high temperatures. Refractory materials are used for molds in lost wax casting and for kiln furniture on which ceramic ware stands while it is fired. Also see refraction …
19refractory — adjective, formal their refractory children Syn: obstinate, stubborn, mulish, pigheaded, obdurate, headstrong, self willed, wayward, willful, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, obstreperous, disobedient, difficult; informal balky; archaic c …
20refractory — UK [rɪˈfrækt(ə)rɪ] / US adjective medical a refractory illness does not improve despite medical treatment …
