English to Afrikaans Meaning of recalcitrant - weerspannige


Recalcitrant :
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Definitions of recalcitrant in English
Adjective(1) stubbornly resistant to authority or control(2) marked by stubborn resistance to authority
Examples of recalcitrant in English
(1) When the House Republican leadership on occasion has given him a list of recalcitrant members to rope in on a specific bill, he never has delivered.(2) She has compared recalcitrant education officials to children who need to be disciplined.(3) Faced with difficulties from recalcitrant landowners and political opponents, the scheme eventually necessitated financial rescue by the king himself.(4) There are some who say it is their ÔÇÿjobÔÇÖ to be a political recalcitrant and cause disruption.(5) The force has not disclosed exactly how weapons would be confiscated from any recalcitrant gunmen, insisting only that they would be vigorous in enforcing the rule.(6) Rarely do recalcitrant companies get punished.(7) If this seems crazy, then crazier still is that a solution exists to reconcile this, yet those in a position to make it happen are, like recalcitrant pupils, not paying attention.(8) Accustomed to yelling at recalcitrant dogs and pushy hunt followers, Ferry exudes authority and self-possession.(9) The Belgians in the Congo, the French in Algeria, practiced torture and sexual humiliation on despised recalcitrant natives.(10) The Commissioner's powers to approve, audit and discipline recalcitrant players are uncertain in the Bill.(11) Southern states were somewhat recalcitrant , and some even maintained a separate holiday to honor Confederate war dead.(12) It seems puzzling why the president is so determined to battle recalcitrant Senate Republicans over the size and makeup of the tax-cut legislation.(13) It may be possible to chip away at recalcitrant citizens by portraying the obstinate allies as mischievous or worse.(14) To bring in the law as a big stick with which to beat parents of recalcitrant kids implies that there can be no discipline: only punishment.(15) James' sojourn in Gooding lasted less than a year before he was returned to his family who were apparently instructed to keep paper, pens, and inks away from the recalcitrant .(16) For the recalcitrant , reformers might propose a variety of modest steps.
(1) on the rebound ::
op die rebound
Synonyms
Adjective
1. uncooperative ::
saamwerk nie
2. intractable ::
onregeerbaar
3. obstreperous ::
moedswillig
4. truculent ::
militant
5. insubordinate ::
tugtelose
6. defiant ::
uitdagend
7. rebellious ::
opstandige
8. willful ::
opsetlike
9. wayward ::
dwars
10. headstrong ::
roekeloos
11. self-willed ::
eiewillige
12. contrary ::
Inteendeel
13. perverse ::
perverse
14. difficult ::
moeilik
15. refractory ::
vuurvaste
16. froward ::
huigelagtige
17. contumacious ::
weerbarstig
Antonyms
1. amenable ::
vatbaar
2. compliant ::
voldoen
3. docile ::
mak
4. obedient ::
gehoorsaam
5. submissive ::
onderdanig
6. tractable ::
soepel
Different Forms
recalcitrant
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