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 [ˈædəmənt]

adj

1. unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion; unyielding

2. a less common word for adamantine [1]

n

1. any extremely hard or apparently unbreakable substance

2. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a legendary stone said to be impenetrable, often identified with the diamond or loadstone

[Old English: from Latin adamant-, stem of adamas, from Greek; literal meaning perhaps: unconquerable, from a-¹ + daman to tame, conquer]

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 The minister is adamant that he will not resign.
yielding, compromising, flexible, susceptible, responsive, receptive, easy-going, lax, compliant, pliant, tensile, tractable

Translations

adamant [ˈædəmənt] ADJ (fig) → firme, inflexible
he was adamant in his refusal → se mantuvo firme or inflexible en su negativa

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adamant [ˈædəmənt] adj → inflexible
to be adamant about sth → être inflexible au sujet de qch
to be adamant that ... → maintenir de manière catégorique que ...

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adamant

adj → hart; refusal also → hartnäckig; to be adamant → unnachgiebig sein, darauf bestehen; since you’re adamant → da Sie darauf bestehen; he was adamant about going → er bestand hartnäckig darauf zu gehen; he was adamant in his refusal → er weigerte sich hartnäckig

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adamant [ˈædəmənt] adj → inflessibile, 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 periksiantamaton inflexible קָשֶה, עִקֵש @@@עִיקֵש$$$ अडिग nepopustljiv tántoríthatatlan tegas, tetap tak berubah ósveigjanlegur inflessibile 確固とした 단호한 tvirtas nelokāms tegar hati keihard ubøyelig, steil zdecydowany inflexível ferm, hotărât непреклонный pevný, neoblomný nepopustljiv nepokolebljiv benhård, orubblig แน่วแน่; ยืนกราน kararlı 堅定的 непохитний, невблаганний سخت ، kiên quyết 不动摇的