intractableness
71disobedience — noun 1. the failure to obey (Freq. 7) • Syn: ↑noncompliance • Ant: ↑compliance (for: ↑noncompliance), ↑obedience • Derivationally re …
72fractiousness — noun the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline • Syn: ↑unruliness, ↑willfulness, ↑wilfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wilful (for: ↑wilfulness), ↑willful …
73intractable — adj. 1 hard to control or deal with. 2 difficult, stubborn. Derivatives: intractability n. intractableness n. intractably adv. Etymology: L intractabilis (as IN (1), TRACTABLE) …
74mulishness — noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome • Syn: ↑stubbornness, ↑obstinacy, ↑obstinance • Derivationally related forms: ↑stubborn, ↑stubborn (for: ↑stubbornness) …
75obstinacy — noun 1. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires • Syn: ↑stubbornness, ↑bullheadedness, ↑obstinance, ↑pigheadedness, ↑self will • Derivationally related forms: ↑pigheaded (for …
76obstinance — noun 1. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires • Syn: ↑stubbornness, ↑bullheadedness, ↑obstinacy, ↑pigheadedness, ↑self will • Derivationally related forms: ↑pigheaded (for …
77rebelliousness — noun 1. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • Syn: ↑defiance • Derivationally related forms: ↑rebellious, ↑defiant (for: ↑defiance) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
78recalcitrance — noun the trait of being unmanageable • Syn: ↑refractoriness, ↑unmanageableness, ↑recalcitrancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑recalcitrant (for: ↑recalcitrancy), ↑recalcitrate …
79recalcitrancy — noun the trait of being unmanageable • Syn: ↑refractoriness, ↑unmanageableness, ↑recalcitrance • Derivationally related forms: ↑recalcitrant, ↑recalcitrate (for: ↑recalcitrance) …
80refractoriness — noun the trait of being unmanageable • Syn: ↑unmanageableness, ↑recalcitrance, ↑recalcitrancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑recalcitrant (for: ↑recalcitrancy), ↑recalcitrate …