intractable

• Describe un problema, situación o persona que es muy difícil de manejar, controlar o resolver; también puede referirse a algo rebelde o que no cede fácilmente.

Describes a problem, situation, or person that is very difficult to manage, control, or solve.

1. Difficult to manage or controlC1formal

   Describes a problem, person, or situation that is very difficult to deal with, solve, or control.

   difícil de manejar o controlar

   • The country faces an intractable economic crisis.
   • His intractable behavior made it impossible to negotiate.
   • The disease proved intractable to all known treatments.

   Sinónimosawkwarddifficultheadstrongobdurateobstinaterecalcitrantrefractorystubborntroublesomeuncontrollableuncooperativeunmanageableunrulyunyielding

   Antónimosamenablecompliantcontrollablecooperativedocilegovernablemanageableobedienttractableyielding

2. Stubborn or obstinateC1formal

   Describes a person who is very difficult to persuade or change their mind.

   Testarudo, terco

   • She was an intractable child who refused to listen.
   • The intractable negotiator would not accept any compromise.
   • His intractable nature frustrated all his teachers.

   Sinónimosbullheadedheadstronginflexiblemulishobdurateobstinatepertinaciouspigheadedrecalcitrantrigidstubbornunbendingunyielding

   Antónimosamenablecompliantcooperativedocileflexibleobedientpersuadablepliabletractableyielding