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61resolute — I adjective adamant, bent, constans, constant, decided, determined, diligent, dogged, earnest, faithful, firm, firmus, fixed, fortis, immutable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexorable, inflexible, intent upon, intransigent, obdurate …
62rigid — I adjective austere, dour, durus, exact, exacting, firm, firmly set, fixed, flinty, formal, hard, harsh, hidebound, indurate, indurated, indurative, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, motionless, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox,… …
63uncompromising — I adjective adamant, austere, conservative, determined, difficult, exacting, exigent, fanatic, fanatical, firm, hard, immovable, implacable, incorruptible, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, irreconcilable, narrow, obdurate, obstinate,… …
64unrelenting — I adjective adamant, austere, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, cruel, determined, diligent, endless, enduring, hard, immitis, implacable, incessant, inclement, indefatigable, inexorabilis, inexorable, inflexible, merciless, obdurate,… …
65unyielding — I adjective adamant, adamantine, constant, decided, dedicated, determined, devoted, enduring, faithful, firm, fixed, hard, headstrong, immobile, immovable, impliant, indomitable, inductile, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent,… …
66opposition — n. 1) to arouse, stir up opposition 2) to offer, put up opposition 3) to crush, overcome opposition 4) to come across, meet, run up against opposition 5) (ling.) to neutralize an opposition 6) determined, fierce, stiff, strong, unbending,… …
67adamant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. adamantine, hard; inflexible, immovable, firm. See hardness, obstinacy. Ant., easygoing; yielding. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fixed, inflexible, set, settled; see inflexible , resolute 2 . See… …
68intransigent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uncompromising, unrelenting, inflexible. See resolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncompromising, tenacious, stubborn; see obstinate , resolute 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY… …
69iron — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flatiron, mangle. v. t. press, mangle. See smoothness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Made of iron] Syn. ferrous, ferruginous, ironclad, ironcased, ironshod. 2. [Having the qualities of iron] Syn. hard,… …
70stubborn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perverse, obstinate; dogged, persistent; intractable, unyielding; tough. See obstinacy, hardness. Ant., cooperative, tractable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obstinate, unreasonable, unyielding,… …