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Synonyms & Antonyms of unyielding
1
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
- the pioneers faced the challenge of settling the frontier with unyielding courage
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2
having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
- knead the dough until it feels reasonably unyielding
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3
incapable of or highly resistant to bending
- an unyielding steel bar
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4
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
- despite studies showing that limits on development would hurt the local economy, the town council remained unyielding in their support for these limits
Synonyms for unyielding
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- bullheaded,
- dogged,
- hard,
- hard-nosed,
- hardened,
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- immovable,
- implacable,
- inconvincible,
- inflexible,
- intransigent,
- mulish,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- opinionated,
- ossified,
- pat,
- pertinacious,
- perverse,
- pigheaded,
- self-opinionated,
- self-willed,
- stiff-necked,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Words Related to unyielding
- 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
- bloody-minded
- [chiefly British],
- cantankerous
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The first known use of unyielding was in 1565
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