indocile
Won't be taught
Indocile means not easily taught, trained, or controlled—resistant to instruction or discipline.
The word is formal and uncommon, the opposite of docile: The indocile pupil refused to follow directions.
It suggests willful resistance rather than mere inability to learn.
Resisting authority or control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- noncompliantFailing to conform
mutinous · recalcitrant · contrary · oppositional · refractory · contumacious · insurgent · dissentient
Not damaged or interrupted
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- feralWild after domestication
- untamedNot domesticated
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
spirited · unmanageable · uncontrollable · unbiddable · unteachable · untrainable · incorrigible · irreformable
Firmly refusing to yield
- intractableImpossible to manage
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
mulish · intransigent · bullheaded · pigheaded · pertinacious · inflexible · adamant · unbending
rebellious
Resisting authority or control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- resistantWithstanding external forces
noncompliant · mutinous · recalcitrant · contrary · oppositional · refractory · contumacious · insurgent · dissentient · uncooperative
unbroken
Not damaged or interrupted
undomesticated · spirited · unmanageable · uncontrollable · unbiddable · unteachable · untrainable · incorrigible · irreformable · ungovernable
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- intractableImpossible to manage
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
unyielding · mulish · intransigent · bullheaded · pigheaded · pertinacious · inflexible · adamant · unbending · uncompromising
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