intractable

• Décrit un problème, une situation ou une personne avec lesquels il est très difficile de composer, de contrôler ou de résoudre.

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.

   Difficile à gérer ou contrôler

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

   Synonymesawkwarddifficultheadstrongobdurateobstinaterecalcitrantrefractorystubborntroublesomeuncontrollableuncooperativeunmanageableunrulyunyielding

   Antonymesamenablecompliantcontrollablecooperativedocilegovernablemanageableobedienttractableyielding

2. Stubborn or obstinateC1formal

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

   Obstiné, inflexible

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

   Synonymesbullheadedheadstronginflexiblemulishobdurateobstinatepertinaciouspigheadedrecalcitrantrigidstubbornunbendingunyielding

   Antonymesamenablecompliantcooperativedocileflexibleobedientpersuadablepliabletractableyielding