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refractory
 
Adjective refractory has 4 senses
  1. refractory - resistant to authority or control; "as refractory as a mule"
    Antonym:     cooperative (indirect, via uncooperative)
  2. refractory, stubborn - not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"
    Antonyms: tractable, manipulable (indirect, via intractable)
  3. recalcitrant, refractory - marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything revolves around a refractory individual genius"
    Antonyms: tractable, manipulable (indirect, via intractable)
  4. fractious, refractory - stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
    Antonym: obedient (indirect, via disobedient)
Noun refractory has 1 sense
  1. furnace lining, refractory - lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
    --1 is a kind of lining
    --1 has substances: fireclay; alumina, aluminum oxide, aluminium oxide
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