# recalcitrant

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C2 (Proficient)
- **Part of speech:** adjective
- **Pronunciation:** /rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/
- **English:** refusing to obey rules or follow orders
- **Persian:** نافرمان، سرکش

## Example

> The teacher struggled with recalcitrant students.
> معلم با دانش‌آموزان نافرمان دست‌وپنجه نرم می‌کرد.

## Word forms

- noun: recalcitrance

## Synonyms

stubborn, defiant

## Opposites

obedient

## Common phrases

- recalcitrant child
- recalcitrant attitude
- recalcitrant members

## Related words

- [gregarious](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/gregarious): enjoying being with other people (C2)
- [idiosyncrasy](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/idiosyncrasy): a strange or unusual habit or way of behaving that a person has (C2)
- [obsequious](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/obsequious): too eager to please or obey someone important (C2)
- [personal](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/personal): belonging to or concerning one particular person (B1)
- [meet](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/meet): to see and talk to someone, by plan or by chance (A2)
- [invite](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/invite): to ask someone to come to an event or place (A2)
- [family](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/family): a group of people related to each other, such as parents and children (A1)
- [friend](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/friend): a person you know well and like (A1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/recalcitrant