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most intransigent

ADJECTIVE

difficult, stubborn

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bullheaded cantankerous contrary hang tough hard-line headstrong immovable incompliant incurable indocile indomitable insoluble locked in mulish obdurate obstinate pat pertinacious perverse pigheaded recalcitrant refractory resolute self-willed set in stone tenacious tough tough-nut unbending uncompromising uncooperative undisciplined ungovernable unmanageable unpliable unruly unyielding wayward wild willful

Antonyms

WEAK

amenable easy facile manageable

ADJECTIVE

uncompromising

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adamant inflexible obstinate resolute stubborn

WEAK

tenacious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

flexible pliant soft submissive willing yielding

Example Sentences

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Ordinary citizens showed that they could exert collective pressure to force even the most intransigent public officials to do the right thing.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2022

Although “Better Things” can make the most intransigent adults rethink their teenage arguments with their parents, much of the show’s affability comes from what isn’t said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2020

Here are five of the most intransigent myths.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2018

At this point, you’d have to be the most intransigent of rockists to think the canon – as defined by its previous iterations – has any meaning at all.

From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2018

However, Virginia’s legacy as the birthplace of humanity’s first step into the heavens would have to compete with the notoriety it was gaining as the country’s most intransigent foe of integrated schools.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly