Associations to the word «Intractable»

Wiktionary

INTRACTABLE, adjective. Not easily controlled, governed, managed or directed.
INTRACTABLE, adjective. Stubborn; obstinate (of a person).
INTRACTABLE, adjective. Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

Dictionary definition

INTRACTABLE, adjective. Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca