intransigent
adjective
[ ɪnˈtransɪdʒ(ə)nt ]
• unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
• "her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent"
Similar:
uncompromising,
inflexible,
unbending,
unyielding,
unshakeable,
unwavering,
resolute,
unpersuadable,
unmalleable,
unaccommodating,
uncooperative,
stubborn,
obstinate,
obdurate,
pig-headed,
bull-headed,
single-minded,
iron-willed,
hard-line,
hard and fast,
diehard,
immovable,
unrelenting,
inexorable,
inveterate,
rigid,
tough,
firm,
determined,
adamant,
tenacious,
stiff-necked,
bloody-minded,
balky,
badass,
indurate,
intransigent
noun
• an intransigent person.
Origin:
late 19th century: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes, 1873–4); based on Latin in- ‘not’ + transigere ‘come to an understanding’.
