recalcitrant
rih-KAL-sih-truntadjMeaning stubbornly refusing to obey or cooperate
Memory hook KICKS BACK with his heels: re-CALC-itrant. At bath time, Theo kicks his heels and shouts “No!” He fights every rule: he is recalcitrant.
The recalcitrant printer jammed every time we tried to print the poster.
In context Most of the campers lined up when the whistle blew, but a few recalcitrant boys stayed on the dock and ignored every call to come in.
Similar defiant, uncooperative, disobedient, stubborn
Opposite obedient, cooperative, docile
From Latin recalcitrare, “to kick back with the heels”: re- (back) + calx (heel).