refractory

omapäinen, uppiniskainen, itsepäinen

refraktaarinen

tulenkestävä vuoraus obstinate Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
(quote-book) in most instances attempts to coerce the refractory and disobedient have been the signals of bloody wars, (..)
1836, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, w:The Pickwick Papers|The Pickwick Papers, s:The_Pickwick_Papers/Chapter_26 Chapter 26,

Mr. Weller knocked at the door, and after a pretty long interval—occupied by the party without, in whistling a tune, and by the party within, in persuading a refractory flat candle to allow itself to be lighted (..)

Many of the vague and refractory cases of neck and shoulder pain and of migraine may be due to cervical disc disease.

In 33 adult patients with long standing refractory epilepsy on treatment with one or two standard anti-convulsant drugs,

The production of a generator potential leaves a refractory state in the receptor membrane (..)

The (..) delivery of external stimuli (..) delineates the pacemaker refractory period after the emission of a pacing stimulus and after the sensing of a spontaneous beat.