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Refusing to move, nine starting to budge
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intransigent
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Conservatives have maintained an intransigent position on the war. ▪ For many years the South African government remained intransigent , despite mounting world opposition to apartheid. ▪ The Church has been criticized ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "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 ...
Usage examples of intransigent.
It was a variation on the Bramah, a notoriously intransigent lock that could be openedand even then with difficultyonly by a long, arcane, tubular key, intricately notched at one end.
That meant that, once arrived, the sachem would assuredly be considered by the Indians to be wiser than Squash Woman and, therefore, would become automatically the head of the council of sachems, and Arsen meant to get cozy with him before Squash Woman and her cronies could get him set into their intransigent mold of total non-cooperation and endless demands for foods and gifts.
The Heywood family had to have put out a good amount in favors or bribes to get Astrid moved onto Intransigent at such short notice, and Michael suspected the baroness expected a solid return on her investment.
Boniece had sent Intransigent to battle stations, so Carlie was at the ATO's station on the bridge when Ephraim Templeton learned that the Manticorans had chosen to support Captain Judith rather than himself.
Just beyond Imperator, she saw HMS Intransigent, Alistair McKeon's squadron flagship, and she smiled fondly at the sight.
Although Nicola's kisses sometimes shocked him - with their liquidity, their penetration, their hunger her inhibition was unassailable, without blindspots, and impressively intransigent.
He marched there without a backward look, clinched by the old intransigent stricture of his illness.
That saucebox has the impudence to call me intransigent, stubborn, know-it-all, conceited.
Other humans had been forcibly enrolled and given the duty of segregating intransigent animals from the flock.
He would have expected the old bastard to want to sit in on the discussion and giggle silently - here's one more intransigent pupil up for the axe.