indocile

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=doc=ile

CIDE DICTIONARY

indocile, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

indocile, adj. not docile.

Derivative

indocility n.

Etymology

F indocile or L indocilis (as IN-(1), DOCILE)

THESAURUS

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