| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Indicating or possessing determination, resolution, or persistence: constant, determined, firm1, resolute, steadfast, steady, stiff, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unflinching, unwavering. See PURPOSE. 2. Not changing shape or bending: inelastic, inflexible, rigid, stiff, unbending. See FLEXIBLE. 3. Rigorous and unsparing in treating others: demanding, exacting, hard, harsh, rigid, severe, stern, strict, tough. See EASY. 4. Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will: adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting. Idioms: stubborn as a mule (or ox) . See RESIST.
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