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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indocile \In*doc"ile\, adjective [L. indocilis: cf. F. indocile. See {In-} not, and {Docile}.] Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
indocile
adjective: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: {uncontrollable}, {ungovernable}, {unruly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "indocile": at odds, averse, beyond control, breachy, contumacious, cursory, defiant, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, forced, fractious, incorrigible, indisposed, indomitable, insubordinate, insuppressible, intractable, involuntary, irrepressible, mutinous, noncooperating, noncooperative, obstreperous, opposed, out of hand, perfunctory, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, shrewish, sulky, sullen, unbiddable, uncompliant, unconsenting, uncontrollable, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, unwilling, wild
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