Intransigent

Quick meaning: Intransigent is an adjective meaning Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.

Meaning

Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.

More Meanings

1. A person who is intransigent.

Example Sentences

Don't waste your time trying to change his mind: he's completely intransigent.

On the Spanish side, the war increased the anti-Cuban animosity and distrust felt by the most intransigent peninsulares.

Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.

Since I have been asked to do this in very brief compass, the harsh tone and terse style of my presentation will make my contentions appear more dogmatic and intransigent than I should wish them to be.

Word Forms

• intransigeant
• intransigents

Synonyms for intransigent

Depending on context, synonyms include adamant, ardent, grim, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain.

Antonyms for intransigent

Common opposites include transigent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adamant, inflexible, inexorable, adamantine, intransigence, uncompromising.

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