Bolshie - English meaning

adjective

Causing irritation or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Annoying habits

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

adjective

Making you feel slightly angry

Usage examples:

It's really annoying when a train is late and there's no explanation., he's got a really annoying l…

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Difficult to use, do, or deal with

Usage examples:

It's an awkward corner, so take it slowly., some of the questions were rather awkward., it was an a…

adjective

Causing problems, worry, or embarrassment

Usage examples:

Awkward position the government finds itself in a very awkward position., awkward situation he put …

adjective

Opposite in nature, direction, or meaning.

Usage examples:

He ignored contrary advice and agreed on the deal

noun

The opposite.

Usage examples:

An act applies only to the united kingdom unless the contrary is expressed

noun

A fact or opinion that is the opposite of one already stated

Usage examples:

We expected the play to be a bore, but the contrary was true., most people supported the proposal, …

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

Usage examples:

She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

Usage examples:

It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Needing skill or effort

Usage examples:

A difficult problem/choice/task/language, [ + to infinitive ] it will be very difficult to prove th…

adjective

Deliberately unhelpful; uncooperative.

Usage examples:

I think you're simply being disobliging

verb

Offend (someone) by not acting in accordance with their wishes.

Usage examples:

One didn't disoblige them if one could help it

adjective

Unwilling to help or do what you are asked to do

adjective

Intensely irritating and frustrating.

Usage examples:

They suffered a number of exasperating setbacks

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

adjective

Annoying, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem

Usage examples:

It's so exasperating when he won't listen to a word that i say.

adjective

(of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority.

Usage examples:

Mutinous soldiers occupied the radio station

adjective

(especially of a sailor or a soldier) refusing to obey orders or attempting to take control from people in authority

Usage examples:

The mutinous sailors took control of the ship., mutinous soldiers occupied the state radio station …

adjective

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

Usage examples:

Her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio

adjective

Unwilling to change your opinion or action despite argument or persuasion; stubborn

Usage examples:

An obstinate two-year-old, the obstinacy of the human spirit, the engine obstinately refused to sta…

adjective

Causing a blockage or obstruction.

Usage examples:

All tubing should be cleared of obstructive algae and detritus

adjective

Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate held good

adjective

Having the effect of being, or intended to be, the opposite of what is usually expected or considered reasonable

Usage examples:

Sometimes i think he refuses to cooperate just to be perverse., she takes perverse pleasure in shoc…

adjective

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.

Usage examples:

A class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds

noun

A person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude.

Usage examples:

A stiff-necked recalcitrant and troublemaker

adjective

Unwilling to do what you are asked or ordered to do, even if it is reasonable

Usage examples:

Tenants petitioned their recalcitrant landlord to finish repairs to their building.

adjective

Stubborn or unmanageable.

Usage examples:

His refractory pony

noun

A substance that is resistant to heat.

Usage examples:

All three minerals alter to shimmer aggregates of sericite; all three are used in the preparation o…

adjective

Not affected by a treatment, change, or process

Usage examples:

This is a chronic and disabling condition that is refractory to treatment., a refractory child

adjective

Having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

Usage examples:

A stubborn refusal to learn from experience

adjective

Opposed to change or suggestion

Usage examples:

He’s sick, but he’s too stubborn to see a doctor., stubborn stains, a stubborn problem

adjective

Causing one to feel bored or annoyed.

Usage examples:

Weeding is a tiresome but essential job

adjective

Tiring, annoying, or boring

Usage examples:

It’s getting a little tiresome, listening to you complain.

adjective

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Usage examples:

The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports

adjective

Having a bad state of mind, or behaving in a threatening manner

Usage examples:

He was a truculent bully.

adjective

Unwilling to help others or do what they ask.

Usage examples:

I can recall him soothing uncooperative clients on the telephone

adjective

Not helpful.

Usage examples:

Several complained that the staff were unhelpful

adjective

Not improving a difficult situation

Usage examples:

The instructions were badly written and unhelpful., i don't need any more of your unhelpful advice!…

adjective

Not guided by or based on good sense.

Usage examples:

She knew she was being unreasonable, but she resented his domesticity

adjective

Not based on or using good judgment; not fair

Usage examples:

It’s unreasonable to expect him to work every weekend., he thinks the cops acted unreasonably.

adjective

Not fair or acceptable

Usage examples:

A merchant is not required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands., be unreasonable for sb/st…