un-pliable

Main Entry:	intractable /intransigent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	difficult, stubborn
Synonyms:	awkward, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrary, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile, indomitable, insoluble, locked in, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, set in stone, tenacious, tough, tough-nut, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful
Antonyms:	amenable, easy, facile, manageable

Main Entry:	intractable
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	difficult
Synonyms:	awkward, bull-headed, cantankerous, contrary, fractious, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile, indomitable, insoluble, intransigent, locked, locked in, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, tough, tough nut, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful
Notes:	intractable means stubborn or obstinate; intransigent is this, but implies being more intense and refusing to compromise or change
Antonyms:	manageable

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