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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dogmatic, opinionated |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded, dictative, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, speculative, stiff-necked, stubborn, unrealistic |
| Antonyms: | amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive |
| Main Entry: | obdurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pigheaded, stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bullhead, callous, cold fish, dogged, firm, fixed, hanging tough, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, indurate, inexorable, inflexible, iron, mean, mulish, obstinate, perverse, relentless, rigid, set in stone, stiff-necked, thick-skinned, tough, tough nut to crack, unbending, uncompassionate, uncompromising, uncooperative, unemotional, unfeeling, unimpressible, unrelenting, unshakable, unsympathetic, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | amenable, gentle, submissive, susceptible, yielding |
| Main Entry: | pigheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded, contrary, dense*, forward, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mulish, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, self-willed, stiff-necked, stupid*, unyielding, willful |
| Antonyms: | flexible, reasonable, submissive, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decided |
| Synonyms: | agreed, appointed, arranged, bent, certain, concluded, confirmed, customary, dead set on, decisive, definite, determined, entrenched, established, firm, fixed, hanging tough, immovable, intent, inveterate, ironclad, locked in, obstinate, pat, pigheaded, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, regular, resolute, resolved, rigid, rooted, scheduled, set in stone, settled, solid as a rock, specified, stated, steadfast, stiff-necked, stipulated, stubborn, unflappable, usual, well-set |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, undecided, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | stern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serious, authoritarian |
| Synonyms: | ascetic, astringent, austere, bitter, bullheaded, by the book, cruel, disciplinary, dyed-in-the-wool, flinty, forbidding, frowning, grim, hang-tough, hard, hard-boiled, hard-core, hard-line, hard-nosed, hard-shell, hardheaded, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, mortified, mulish, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, severe, steely, stiff-necked, strict, stubborn, tough, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, funny, lenient, light, smiling, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | stubborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obstinate, unyielding |
| Synonyms: | adamant, balky, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, hardheaded, headstrong, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough, unbending, unmanageable, unreasonable, unshakable, untoward, willful |
| Antonyms: | broad-minded, complacent, compliant, giving, willing, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncompromising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | brick-wall, decided, determined, firm, hard-core, hard-line, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, locked, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded, relentless, resolute, rigid, set in stone, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, strict, strong, tough, unbending |
| Antonyms: | compromising, cooperative, flexible, open, willing |
| Main Entry: | unfaltering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | steadfast |
| Synonyms: | abiding, bent on, bound, bound and determined, dead set on, enduring, firm, going all the way, indefatigable, meaning business, mulish, never-failing, persevering, pigheaded, resolute, set, steady, stiff-necked, stubborn, sure, tireless, unfailing, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unqualified, unquestioning, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, wholehearted |
| Antonyms: | faltering, unsettled, unstable, unsteady |
| Main Entry: | unrelenting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | merciless |
| Synonyms: | bound, bound and determined, brick-wall, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, cruel, dead set on, endless, grim, hanging tough, hard-headed, implacable, incessant, inexorable, intransigent, iron-fisted, mortal, perpetual, persistent, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, rigid, ruthless, set, steady, stern, stiff, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough, unabated, unbending, unbroken, unflinching, unremitting, unsparing, unwavering, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, flexible, merciful, relenting, sympathetic |
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