Fractious
Recusant
Recusant adjective - Given to resisting authority or another's control.
Usage example: several recusant senators refused to vote as commanded by the party leadership
Fractious and recusant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fractious" instead an adjective "Recusant".
Nearby Word: recusancy
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obstinate and fractious
- obstinate and recusant
- restive and fractious
- restive and recusant
- disorderly and fractious
- disorderly and recusant
- wild and fractious
- wild and recusant
- contrary and fractious
- contrary and recusant
- perverse and fractious
- perverse and recusant
- refractory and fractious
- refractory and recusant
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