adamant

ad·a·mant  (d-mnt, -mnt)

adj.

Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding. See Synonyms at inflexible.

n.

1. A stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness.

2. An extremely hard substance.

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[From Middle English, a hard precious stone, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adams, adamant-, from Greek, unconquerable, hard steel, diamond; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

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ada·man·cy n.

ada·mant·ly adv.

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adamant

Adjective

unshakable in determination or purpose [Greek adamas unconquerable]

adamantly adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adamant - very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem diamond atomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds black diamond, carbonado - an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing transparent gem - a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion
Adj.	1.	adamant - impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" intransigent, inexorable, adamantine inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"

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adamant

adjective determined, firm, fixed, stiff, rigid, set, relentless, stubborn, uncompromising, insistent, resolute, inflexible, unrelenting, inexorable, unyielding, intransigent, immovable, unbending, obdurate, unshakable << OPPOSITE flexible

Translations

adamant [ˈædəmənt] adj → firme, inflexible

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adamant [ˈædəmənt] adj → inflexible

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adamant [ˈædəmənt] adj to be adamant that ... → darauf bestehen, dass ...;

to be adamant about sth → auf etw dat bestehen

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adamant [ˈædəmənt] adj → irremovibile

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adamant

adj adamant [ˈӕdəmənt]

determined or insistent an adamant refusal. onwrikbaar عَنِيد، صَلْب، مُتَصَلِّب твърд neústupný, pevný ubøjelig; urokkelig unnachgiebig ανένδοτος, αποφασισμένος inflexible kindel سمج؛ مقاوم järkähtämätön inflexible קָשֶה, עִקֵש @@@עִיקֵש$$$ अडिग nepopustljiv tántoríthatatlan tegas, tetap tak berubah ósveigjanlegur inflessibile 確固とした 굳센 tvirtas nelokāms tegar hati keihard ubøyelig, steil zdecydowany inflexível ferm, hotărât непреклонный pevný, neoblomný nepopustljiv nepokolebljiv benhård, orubblig แน่วแน่; ยืนกราน kararlı 不動搖的 непохитний, невблаганний سخت ، kiên quyết 不动摇的