refractory

Meanings

Plural: refractories

Noun

• lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
• A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.
• A plant or factory that produces such material.

Adjective Satellite

• not responding to treatment
  • "a refractory case of acne"
• temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli
  • "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
• stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  • "a refractory child"

Adj

• Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
• Not affected by great heat.
• Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.
• Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.

Synonyms

adamant, ardent, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, contrary, determined, diehard, dogged, fireproof, fractious, furnace lining, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, heat-resistant, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, irrefragable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful

Related Words

refraction, refractive

Anagrams of refractory