Meaning of INDOCILE
| Pronunciation: | | in'dâsil
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| | Definition: | | [adj] of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" |
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| | Synonyms: | | uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*doc"ile\, 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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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