unrelenting

un·re·lent·ing

adjective \-ˈlen-tiŋ\

Definition of UNRELENTING

1

: not softening or yielding in determination : hard, stern <an unrelenting leader>

2

: not letting up or weakening in vigor or pace : constant <the unrelenting struggle>

— un·re·lent·ing·ly \-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

Examples of UNRELENTING

1. <that professor tends to be unrelenting about deadlines>
2. <unrelenting in the pursuit of equality for all races>

First Known Use of UNRELENTING

1588

Related to UNRELENTING

Synonyms

adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, obstinate, unyielding, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms

acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding

Related Words

anal-retentive, obsessive; wayward, wrongheaded; determined, hell-bent, inexorable, persistent, relentless, resolved, set, single-minded, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, unflinching; firm, hard-line, hard-shell (or hard-shelled), iron, severe, stern, strict; hidebound, narrow-minded, rigid; bloody-minded [chiefly British], cantankerous; contrary, cussed; contumacious, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly; defiant, insurgent, mutinous; indomitable, invincible, unconquerable; confirmed, inveterate, unregenerate; demanding, exacting

Near Antonyms

docile, obedient, placable, submissive, tractable; accepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willing; governable, manageable, reasonable, temperate; slavish, subservient