standing pat

determined insistent intransigent resolute rigid stubborn uncompromising

firm immovable pat set stiff

fixed hang-tough hanging tough hard-nosed inexorable inflexible obdurate relentless set in stone unbendable unbending unrelenting unshakable unswayable

flexible irresolute lenient weak willing yielding

indefinite movable moving soft unfixed

pliant submissive supple

crisp firm obstinate reserved

aloof distant do-or-die dug in formal hard as nails hard-line hold one's ground hold the fort hold the line incompliant inelastic inexorable inflexible intractable locked-in obdurate relentless resolute set in stone severe single-minded standing one's ground sticking to one's guns stiff strict stubborn uncompromising unflexible unrelenting unswayable unyielding uptight

flexible soft yielding

bending pliable pliant relaxed