Word For The Day - refractory

www.dictionary.com ^ | 10-06-2017 | Red Badger

[Red Badger]

REFRACTORY

re·frac·to·ry rəˈfrakt(ə)rē/ adjective formal adjective: refractory

1. stubborn or unmanageable.

"his refractory pony"

synonyms: obstinate, stubborn, mulish, pigheaded, obdurate, headstrong, self-willed, wayward, willful, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, obstreperous, disobedient, difficult; More

informal balky; archaic contumacious, froward "their refractory children" antonyms: obedient

2. resistant to a process or stimulus.

"some granules are refractory to secretory stimuli" Medicine (of a person, illness, or diseased tissue) not yielding to treatment. "healing of previously refractory ulcers"

Medicine rare (of a person or animal) resistant to infection. technical (of a substance) resistant to heat; hard to melt or fuse.

noun technical noun: refractory; plural noun: refractories

1. a substance that is resistant to heat.

Origin early 17th century: alteration of obsolete refractary, from Latin refractarius ‘stubborn’ (see also refract).

[Red Badger]

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day........

[Red Badger]

Class is in session. No talking during tests!.................

[Robert A Cook PE]

If you build a cement plant twice, are you manufacturing a refactory refractory?

[Grampa Dave]

Our Rinos and undocumented democrats are refractory 24/7, when it is time to MAGA!

[left that other site]

If it were not for the refractory rinos in our midst,
We might actually be able to ACHIEVE something!

[T-Bird45]

Added some learning to my vocabulary as I was not aware of the “stubborn” definition. My manufacturing background brought the technical noun definition to mind first.

[Red Badger]

That’s why I posted it!
I thought the same thing!

I saw it in my dictionary and said that’s interesting!...............

[Red Badger]

They need to be put out to pasture! .......A++++!.................

[Red Badger]

No, but if you had trouble getting permits in the first one it would be a refractory factory..........

[Red Badger]

They need to go back to their home states!..................A++++!................

[tumblindice]

Although he has seven decades under his belt, President Trump’s refractory period remains .294 seconds, the same as when he was 19 years old.

[Red Badger]

LOL! Especially his brain response!...............A++++!.............

[Grampa Dave]

Fake News posting on Free Republic are perfect examples of what is Refractory!

[afraidfortherepublic]

The refractory press just won’t give Trump credit for doing a great job!

[Red Badger]

Yes! They wouldn’t give Trump or ANY REPUBLICAN (even Yeb) credit for anything good!...............EVER!..........A++++!................

[Red Badger]

Ignorance can be fixed!....Stupid is forever!........A+++!...............

[Louis Foxwell]

President Trump’s refractory period remains .294 seconds, the same as when he was 19 years old.

Stopped me cold in my tracks. He is the expression of the Mandelbrot set, endlessly repeating complexity with refractoral stimulation.

Man/Superman.

Explains everything about DJT.

[SES1066]

Using the covers of major current event magazines and newspaper headlines, one sees quite clearly the refractory resistance of the MSM (MainStream Media) to the election outcome of the 2016 Presidential Election.

[tioga]

Refractory Hillary won't go away
Her campaign was one of pay to play
Voters rejected her
for the Trumpster
But she simply won't be denied her say.

[Red Badger]

She needs to GO AWAY!..................A++++!...............