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Definition: Recalcitrate |
RecalcitrateVerb1. Show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient; "The Democratic senators recalcitrated against every proposal from the Republican side". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Recoil | Verb: recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back; rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate; echo, ricochet. |
Resistance | Kick, kick against; recalcitrate, kick against the pricks; oppose; fly in the face of; lift the hand against; (attack); rise up in arms; (war); strike, turn out; draw up a round robin; (remonstrate); revolt; (disobey); make a riot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "recalcitrate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | упорствам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ellenáll valaminek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecalcitrateray recalcitrar, obstinar-se, desobedecer (disoblige, transgress). (various references) se arãta nesupus, se împotrivi (object, repel, withstand), fi recalcitrant. (various references) упорствовать (persevere, persist, stand out). (various references) biti neposlušan (disobey). (various references) obstinarse (be obstinate). (various references) motsträvigera. (various references) ไม่ยอมเชื่อฟัง. (various references) söz dinlememek (disobey, take the bit between one's teeth), karşı gelmek (argue, beard, bridle, buck, controvert, cut across, defy, go against, object to, oppose, transgress), inat etmek (balk, balk at, baulk, be obstinate, persist, stickle), aksilik etmek. (various references) упиратися (abut, balk), чинити опір (breast, counter, fight back, kick against, oppose, revolt, stand against). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-i-l-r-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: retractile. | |
-3 letters: aliterate, altercate, cercariae, cercarial, clatterer, craterlet, erratical, retaliate. | |
-4 letters: acierate, arterial, calceate, celeriac, cercaria, electric, lacerate, laterite, literate, litterer, raclette, recircle, retailer, tactical, tailrace, tartaric, tractile, trictrac. | |
-5 letters: accrete, acerate, acetate, alerter, alterer, arietta, ariette, article, atactic, atelier, calcite, caterer, cattail, cattier, circler, circlet, cirrate, citrate, clatter, clearer, critter, earlier, ectatic, erratic, iterate, lactate, lattice, learier, railcar, rattail, rattier, rattler, realter, recital, reciter, recrate, relater, reticle, retitle, retrace, retract, retreat, retrial, tactile, teacart, tearier, terrace, tertial, tiercel, trailer, treacle, treater. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01100001 01101100 01100011 01101001 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c a l c i t r a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 0061 006C 0063 0069 0074 0072 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527169677869758684678671 |
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