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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of persons;
- Example: "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
[syn: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Indocile \In*doc"ile\, a. [L. indocilis: cf. F. indocile. See In- not, and Docile.] Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indocile adj 1: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "indocile": at odds, averse, beyond control, breachy, contumacious, cursory, defiant, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, forced, fractious, incorrigible, indisposed, indomitable, insubordinate, insuppressible, intractable, involuntary, irrepressible, mutinous, noncooperating, noncooperative, obstreperous, opposed, out of hand, perfunctory, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, shrewish, sulky, sullen, unbiddable, uncompliant, unconsenting, uncontrollable, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, unwilling, wild