intransigent
Syllables: in·tran·si·gent/ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/
intransigent adjective: unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
Adjective
intransigent (comparative more intransigent, superlative most intransigent)
- Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
- Near-synonyms: intractable; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
- Don't waste your time trying to change his mind: he's completely intransigent.
- Synonyms:
- intractable, adamant, ardent, grim, untiring, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic
- Antonyms:
- moderate, reasonable, transigent
Noun
intransigent (plural intransigents)
- A person who is intransigent.
- Synonyms:
- intransigentist
intransigent meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
intransigent in Urdu
- بےلچک, ہٹ دھرم, انتہا پسند, کٹر
intransigent in Bengali
- আপসহীন, নিজের অবস্থানে অনড়, একগুঁয়ে
intransigent in Malayalam
- inflexible, uncompro-mising, unyielding
- പൊരുത്തപ്പെടാനാവാത്ത, പൊരുത്തപ്പെടാത്ത, ഇണങ്ങാത്ത, സന്ധിയില്ലാത്ത, അനുരഞ്ജനശീലമില്ലാത്ത, വഴങ്ങാത്ത
intransigent in Kannada
- ಛಲದ, ಹಠವಾದಿಯಾದ, ಒಪ್ಪಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಬರದ, ರಾಜಿಗೊಪ್ಪದ, ಒಪ್ಪದ, ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡಲಾಗದ
More languagesFewer languages
- intransigent in Persian
- معاند mo'âned
Examples of intransigent in a sentence
- Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.1970 August 31, John Berbers, “Nixon Aides Voice Integration Hope”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- On the Spanish side, the war increased the anti-Cuban animosity and distrust felt by the most intransigent peninsulares.1993, Leslie Bethell, Cuba: A Short History, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 27:
Synonyms of intransigent
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- confirmed
- determined
- diehard
- dogged
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- immovable
- incalcitrant
- inflexible
- insistent
- intrepid
- inveterate
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- peremptory
- persistent
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- self-willed
- stalwart
- staunch
Antonyms
Forms of intransigent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more intransigent |
| superlative | most intransigent |
| alternative form | intransigeant |
| Noun | |
| plural | intransigents |
Origin of intransigent
Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).
Words formed from intransigent
Questions about intransigent
- What does intransigent mean?
- Intransigent means unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
- What is intransigent in Urdu?
- Intransigent in Urdu is بےلچک, ہٹ دھرم, انتہا پسند. See Intransigent meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use intransigent in a sentence?
- Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.
- What part of speech is intransigent?
- Intransigent can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce intransigent?
- Intransigent is pronounced /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/.
Words near intransigent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intransigent (page history and authors); intransigent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intransigent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intransigent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); intransigent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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