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indocile

UK/ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl/

indocile adjective: unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.

Adjective

indocile (comparative more indocile, superlative most indocile)

  1. Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.

indocile meaning in Tamil and Urdu

indocile in Tamil

அடங்காத, கீழ்ப்படியாத, இணங்காத, வழிக்கு வராத, முரட்டுத்தனம் பண்ணுகிற, டக்கரடிக்கிற

indocile in Urdu

غیرمطیع, سرکش

Forms of indocile

comparativemore indocile
superlativemost indocile

Origin of indocile

From either the French indocile or the Latin indocilis.

Words formed from indocile

  • indocileness

Questions about indocile

What does indocile mean?
Indocile means unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.
What is indocile in Tamil?
Indocile in Tamil is அடங்காத, கீழ்ப்படியாத, இணங்காத. See Indocile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is indocile?
Indocile is an adjective.
How do you pronounce indocile?
Indocile is pronounced /ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl/ (UK).

Words near indocile in the dictionary

  1. indochinite
  2. indochinites
  3. indocibility
  4. indocible
  5. indocibleness
  6. indocile
  7. indocilities
  8. indocility
  9. indoctrinability
  10. indoctrinable
  11. indoctrinate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indocile (page history and authors); indocile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indocile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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