unyielding as an adjective: - 1
- 2
unyielding
adjective
1 unyielding
Stubbornly unyielding.
synonyms: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious.
Roget 323:
hard,
rigid,
stubborn,
stiff,
firm;
starch,
starched;
stark,
unbending,
unlimber,
unyielding;
inflexible,
tense;
indurate,
indurated;
gritty,
proof.
adamant,
adamantine,
adamantean†;
concrete,
stony,
granitic,
calculous,
lithic†,
vitreous;
horny,
corneous†;
bony;
osseous,
ossific†;
cartilaginous;
hard as a rock
etc.
n.;
stiff as buckram,
stiff as a poker;
stiff as starch,
stiff as as board.
... show more
Roget 719:
resisting
etc.
v.;
resistive,
resistant;
refractory
etc.
(disobedient)
742;
recalcitrant,
renitent;
up in arms.
repulsive,
repellant.
proof against;
unconquerable
etc.
(strong)
159;
stubborn,
unconquered;
indomitable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unyielding
etc.
(obstinate)
606.
... show more
Roget 326:
unyielding,
inelastic,
inflexible
etc.
(soft)
324;
irresilient†.
Roget 606:
obstinate,
tenacious,
stubborn,
obdurate,
casehardened;
inflexible
etc.
(hard)
323;
balky;
immovable,
unshakable,
not to be moved;
inert
etc.
172;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
inexorable
etc.
(determined)
604;
mulish,
obstinate as a mule,
pig-headed.
dogged;
sullen,
sulky;
unmoved,
uninfluenced unaffected.
willful,
self-willed,
perverse;
resty†,
restive,
restiff†;
pervicacious†,
wayward,
refractory,
unruly;
heady,
headstrong;
entete [Fr.];
contumacious;
crossgrained†.
arbitrary,
dogmatic,
positive,
bigoted;
prejudiced
etc.
481;
creed-bound;
prepossessed,
infatuated;
stiff-backed,
stiff necked,
stiff hearted;
hard-mouthed,
hidebound;
unyielding;
impervious,
impracticable,
inpersuasible†;
unpersuadable;
intractable,
untractable†;
incorrigible,
deaf to advice,
impervious to reason;
crotchety
etc.
608.
... show more
Polish: wytrwały
2 unyielding
Resistant to physical force or pressure.
Moby thesaurus: adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, bowelless, bulky, bullheaded, cast-iron, certain, closed to, complaining, constant, cruel, dense, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, dog-eat-dog, dour, durable, enduring, fated, fateful, firm, fixed, flinty, fractious, frozen, fundamentalist, grim, hard, hard-core, hard-line, harsh, headstrong, heartless, heavy, hidebound, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, impenetrable, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious, implacable, impliable, impregnable, inclement, incontestable, indefeasible, indomitable, inductile, inelastic, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inexpugnable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, insuperable, intractable, intractile, intransigent, invincible, inviolable, invulnerable, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironfisted, ironhanded, irreconcilable, irremovable, irresilient, irresistible, irrevocable, lasting, loyal, massive, merciless, mortal, mulish, muscle-bound, necessary, noncooperative, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate, objecting, obstinate, obstructive, on the barricades, orthodox, overpowering, overwhelming, pat, pertinacious, pigheaded, pitiless, procrustean, proof against, protesting, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, reluctant, remorseless, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, resistless, retardant, retardative, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, rugged, ruthless, self-willed, set, settled, single-minded, solid, sot, sound, stable, standpat, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff, stout, straightlaced, straitlaced, strong, stubborn, sturdy, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, tough, true, unaffected, unalterable, unamenable, unappeasable, unassailable, unavoidable, unbeatable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncompliant, uncompromising, unconquerable, uncontrollable, uncooperative, undeflectable, unextendible, unextensible, unfeeling, unflappable, unflexible, unflinching, unforgiving, ungiving, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unlimber, unmalleable, unmerciful, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unpersuadable, unpitiful, unpitying, unpliable, unpliant, unpreventable, unreceptive, unrelenting, unremorseful, unresponsive, unshaken, unstoppable, unsubduable, unsubmissive, unsuggestible, unsurmountable, unsusceptible, unswayable, unswerving, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, untractable, up in arms, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, without mercy, withstanding ... show more.
debug info: 0.0308