All intractability synonyms

noun intractability

• unruliness — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
• stump — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
• provocation — the act of provoking.
• insurgency — the state or condition of being insurgent.
• insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
• obstreperousness — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
• cartel — A cartel is an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices.
• contempt — If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
• temerity — reckless boldness; rashness.
• insurgence — an act of rebellion; insurrection; revolt.
• spite — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
• refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
• guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
• obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
• rebellion — open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.
• lip — either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
• dare — If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
• call — a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
• impudence — the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
• boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
• fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
• brazenness — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
• gas — GNU assembler
• bravado — Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
• perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
• confrontation — A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
• contrariness — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
• disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
• summons — an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
• recalcitrance — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
• effrontery — shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
• contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
• affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
• sass — impudent or disrespectful back talk: Both parents refuse to take any sass from their kids.
• muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
• challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
• revolt — to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• insolence — contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
• rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
• wildness — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• knottiness — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
• insolvable — incapable of being solved or explained; insoluble.
• complexity — Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.
• awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
• unwieldly — not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.