unyielding

un·yield·ing (

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adj.

1. Not bending; inflexible.

2. Not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate.

un·yielding·ly adv.

unyielding [ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ]

adj

1. not compliant, submissive, or flexible his unyielding attitude

2. not pliable or soft a firm and unyielding surface

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Adj.	1.	unyielding - stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, persistent obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
	2.	unyielding - resistant to physical force or pressure; "an unyielding head support" hard - resisting weight or pressure

unyielding

adjective

1. firm, tough, rigid, hardline, uncompromising, determined, relentless, adamant, stubborn, staunch, resolute, intractable, inflexible, inexorable, steadfast, obstinate, unwavering, immovable, unbending, obdurate, stiff-necked his unyielding attitude on this subject
firm yielding, compromising, flexible, cooperative, adaptable, compliant, movable, tractable

2. hard, firm, solid, stiff, inflexible, unbending, unmoving, non-flexible, unpliable He sat on the edge of an unyielding armchair.
hard yielding, flexible, movable

Translations

unyielding [ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ] ADJ → inflexible

unyielding

adj substance → unnachgiebig; (fig) person, demand also, resistance → hart

unyielding [ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ] adj (person) → inflessibile; (material) → rigido/a, duro/a

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adamance
adamant
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dour
elastic
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inflexible
Inflexibleness
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ironbound
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obdurate
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From species to species, as: 'With blade of bronze drew away the life,' and 'Cleft the water with the vessel of unyielding bronze.

The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context

When the mining first began, several rebels toward the East had tried profitlessly to buck this irrefragable game and had found they had battered their unyielding heads against an equally unyielding stone wall.

Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context

The former history of our chair, my children, has given you some idea of what a harsh, unyielding, stern set of men the old Puritans were.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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