'Intransigent' definitions:
Definition of 'intransigent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" [syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent]
Definition of 'Intransigent'
From: GCIDE
- Intransigent \In*trans"i*gent\, a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.] Refusing compromise; uncompromising; inflexible; irreconcilable. --Lond. Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intransigent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- ass,
- bigot,
- bitter-ender,
- brawler,
- bullethead,
- cast-iron,
- defendant,
- diehard,
- disputant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- dogmatist,
- donkey,
- dour,
- fanatic,
- firm,
- flinty,
- grim,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- hardnose,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- inelastic,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- intransigeant,
- iron,
- irreconcilable,
- last-ditcher,
- litigant,
- maverick,
- mule,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- perverse fool,
- pighead,
- plaintiff,
- positivist,
- protester,
- purist,
- quarreler,
- relentless,
- resister,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rock-ribbed,
- scrapper,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- steely,
- stern,
- stickler,
- stiff,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- uncompromising,
- ungiving,
- unmoved,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- wrangler