most intransigent
adjective. difficult, stubborn
- awkward
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contrary
- hang tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked in
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- set in stone
- tenacious
- tough
- tough-nut
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
rigid
adjective. stiff, strict, severe
- adamant
- adamantine
- austere
- bullheaded
- changeless
- chiseled
- dead set
- definite
- determined
- exact
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-line
- harsh
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intransigent
- invariable
- locked in
- obdurate
- rigorous
- set
- set in stone
- single-minded
- solid
- static
- stern
- strait-laced
- stringent
- tough nut to crack
- unalterable
- unbending
- unbreakable
- unchanging
- uncompromising
- undeviating
- unmoving
- unpermissive
- unrelenting
- unyielding
stiff
adjective. hard, inflexible
- annealed
- arthritic
- benumbed
- brittle
- buckram
- cemented
- chilled
- congealed
- contracted
- creaky
- firm
- fixed
- frozen
- graceless
- hardened
- immalleable
- impliable
- incompliant
- indurate
- inelastic
- jelled
- mechanical
- numbed
- ossified
- petrified
- refractory
- resistant
- rheumatic
- rigid
- set
- solid
- solidified
- starched
- starchy
- stark
- steely
- stiff as a board
- stony
- taut
- tense
- thick
- thickened
- tight
- unbending
- unflexible
- ungraceful
- unsupple
- unyielding
- wooden
unbendable
adjective. stubborn
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
unbending
adjective. rigid, tough
- aloof
- crisp
- distant
- do or die
- dug in
- firm
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- locked in
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- reserved
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
uncompliant
adjective. stubborn
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
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