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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild; carried away |
| Synonyms: | beside oneself, disorderly, excited, fractious, frantic, freaked, furious, headstrong, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable, irrepressible, irresistible, lawless, like a loose cannon, mad, obdurate, obstinate, recalcitrant, strong, stubborn, uncontainable, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrainable, unruly, violent |
| Antonyms: | controllable, controlled, manageable, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | untiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined, persevering |
| Synonyms: | constant, continued, continuing, dedicated, devoted, dogged, eager beaver, fireball, firm, go-go, grind*, hyper, incessant, indefatigable, indomitable, inexhaustible, jumping, patient, perky, persistent, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, resolute, staunch, steady, strong, tenacious, tireless, unceasing, undeterred, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unremitting, unstinted, unswerving, unwavering, unwearied |
| Antonyms: | failing, irresolute, tiring, unpersevering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valiant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, assertive, audacious, bold, chivalrous, courageous, dauntless, fearless, fire-eating, gallant, game, grand, great, gritty, gutsy, gutty, heroic, high-spirited, indomitable, intrepid, lion-hearted, magnanimous, nervy, noble, plucky, powerful, puissant, redoubtable, self-reliant, spunky*, stalwart, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, strong-willed, unafraid, undaunted, undismayed, valorous, venturesome, venturous, vigorous, worthy |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | stoic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | philosophic |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, calm, cool, detached, dispassionate, dry, enduring, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, indomitable, long-suffering, matter-of-fact, patient, phlegmatic, resigned, self-controlled, sober, stoical, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unflappable, unmoved |
| Main Entry: | unconquerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insurmountable |
| Synonyms: | impregnable, indefeasible, indomitable, inexpugnable, innate, insuperable, intractable, invincible, invulnerable, irrepressible, resistant, secure, unbeatable, unsurpassable, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | conquerable |
| Main Entry: | persevering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | persistent |
| Synonyms: | assiduous, dogged, indefatigable, indomitable, pertinacious, steadfast, stubborn, tenacious, unremitting, untiring |
| Antonyms: | fickle, inconstant, unsteadfast |
| Main Entry: | gutsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, bold, chin-up, chivalrous, confident, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, defiant, doughty, fearless, firm, foolhardy, fortitudinous, forward, gallant, game, gritty, hardy, heroic, herolike, imprudent, indomitable, intrepid, l |
| Main Entry: | inalterable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inflexible |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, dyed-in-the-wool, firm, fixed, hard, hard-and-fast, immovable, immutable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, intractable, invariable, iron, ironclad, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, resolute, rigid, rigorous, set, set in one's ways, single-minded, stand one's ground, staunch, steadfast, steely, stiff, strict, stringent, unadaptable, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding |
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