intractable
adjective
1. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
- an intractable disposition
- intractable pain
- the most intractable issue of our era
Similar word(s): defiant, noncompliant, difficult, unmanageable, disobedient, obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate, untamed, wild, balking, balky, refractory, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unmalleable
2. (of a person) stubborn; obstinate.