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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, balky, brassbound, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, die-hard, dogged, firm, fixed, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mule, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, remorseless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough*, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unmanageable, unreasonable, unrelenting, unshakable, untoward, unyielding, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rigid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, strict, severe |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, austere, bullheaded, changeless, chiseled, dead set, definite, determined, exact, firm, fixed, hard, hard-line, harsh, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, invariable, locked in, obdurate, rigorous, set, set in stone, single-minded, solid, static, stern, strait-laced, stringent, tough nut to crack, unalterable, unbending, unbreakable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeviating, unmoving, unpermissive, unrelenting, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | bending, flexible, lenient, limber, pliable, pliant, soft, yielding |
| Main Entry: | stiff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, inflexible |
| Synonyms: | annealed, arthritic, benumbed, brittle, buckram, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, creaky, firm, fixed, frozen, graceless, hardened, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, indurate, inelastic, jelled, mechanical, numbed, ossified, petrified, refractory, resistant, rheumatic, rigid, set, solid, solidified, starched, starchy, stark, steely, stiff as a board, stony, taut, tense, thick, thickened, tight, unbending, unflexible, ungraceful, unsupple, unyielding, wooden |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliable, pliant, soft |
| Main Entry: | unbending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rigid, tough |
| Synonyms: | aloof, crisp, distant, do or die, dug in, firm, formal, hard as nails, hard-line, hold one's ground, hold the fort, hold the line, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, locked in, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, reserved, resolute, set in stone, severe, single-minded, standing one's ground, standing pat, sticking to one's guns, stiff, strict, stubborn, uncompromising, unflexible, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding, uptight |
| Antonyms: | bending, flexible, pliable, pliant, relaxed, soft |
| Main Entry: | intractable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bull-headed, cantankerous, contrary, fractious, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile, indomitable, insoluble, intransigent, locked, locked in, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, tough, tough nut, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful |
| Notes: | intractable means stubborn or obstinate; intransigent is this, but implies being more intense and refusing to compromise or change |
| Antonyms: | manageable |
| Main Entry: | adamantine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, firm, hardheaded, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pigheaded, relentless, remorseless, rigid, unbendable, unbending, unbreakable, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | unbendable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, balky, brassbound, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, die-hard, dogged, firm, fixed, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mule, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, remorseless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough*, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unmanageable, unreasonable, unrelenting, unshakable, untoward, unyielding, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncompliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, balky, brassbound, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, die-hard, dogged, firm, fixed, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mule, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, remorseless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough*, unbendable, unbending, uncompromising, unmanageable, unreasonable, unrelenting, unshakable, untoward, unyielding, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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