incalcitrant

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adjective

recalcitrant.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. recalcitrant.

    I had wanted to be able to blame someone. I had wanted an incalcitrant father, a possessive mother, a wild and violent argument.

    2019, Niall Williams, This is Happiness, Bloomsbury (2020), page 261

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bloody-mindedhardheadedintransigentirrefragableobstinatepeevishstaunchunyieldingwayward
Cite this entry
APA

incalcitrant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incalcitrant

MLA

“incalcitrant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incalcitrant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incalcitrant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incalcitrant.

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