refractory
/rih-FRAK-tuh-ree/adjectivestubbornly resistant to authority or treatment
“The infection proved refractory to three antibiotics.”
- Synonyms
- unmanageable, obstinate, intractable
- Antonyms
- obedient, responsive
- Root
- fract- (break)
- Memory hook
- re + fract (break): breaking back against control.
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