What does adamant mean?
Adamant means (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined..
Adamant
/ˈæd.ə.mənt/ · adjective
Meaning
(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined..
Definitions by Sense
- (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
- (of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.
- An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness.
- Chiefly in of adamant: an embodiment of impenetrable hardness; the quality of not being easily destroyed or overcome; impenetrableness, imperviousness, impregnableness; also, of a person: the quality of not being easily affected emotionally; impassiveness, unmovableness.
- A person or thing having the quality of attracting or drawing; a lodestone, a magnet.
Example Sentences
Broiles and Kirkley were adamant about getting out of the lawsuit, but Mike and Dee were equally adamant about not wanting to sign a letter of apology
Johan is determined to play the field and adamant about never committing.
What good would such foolishness do a mountain man? But Pa had been adamant. Just as he'd been adamant about their reading, writing, numbers, geography, and languages. Just as he'd been adamant about using proper grammar
Most Panamanians are adamant that the canal, completed in 1914, will not return to U.S. control.
Unprotected matter, however adamant, would have been ground to dust ages ago.
This then is and alwayes hath ben the fashion of Worldlinges, & reprobate persons, to harden their hartes as an adamant stone, against anye thinge that shalbe tolde the for amendement of their lives, and for the savinge of their soules.
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead […]
But this was a finale she ever avoided: an offer, like the rock of adamant in Sinbad's voyages, finishes the attraction by destroying the vessel; […]
Synonyms for adamant
Antonyms for adamant
Related Words
Word Forms
- more adamant
- most adamant
- adamaunt
- adamants
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for adamant?
Common synonyms include impassivity, impenetrability, impregnability, unmovability.
What is the opposite of adamant?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use adamant in a sentence?
Broiles and Kirkley were adamant about getting out of the lawsuit, but Mike and Dee were equally adamant about not wanting to sign a letter of apology
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