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indocile

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Adjective

HYPHEN

in=doc=ile

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective indocile has 1 sense

indocile(s = adj.all) uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly - of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

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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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

indocile, adj. not docile.

Derivative

indocility n.

Etymology

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

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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

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