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more intransigent

ADJECTIVE

difficult, stubborn

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

amenable easy facile manageable

ADJECTIVE

uncompromising

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adamant inflexible obstinate resolute stubborn

WEAK

tenacious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

flexible pliant soft submissive willing yielding

Example Sentences

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That stance is more intransigent than the one adopted by Saudi Arabia’s neighbor, the United Arab Emirates, another major oil and gas producer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023

Others argue that hearts and minds would have proved more intransigent without their pyrotechnics.

From Economist • Apr. 19, 2018

But the problem, as Goldstone and Turchin explain it, was deeper and more intransigent than their solution could address.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2017

Eight years later, both are still in place, only weaker and even more intransigent than before.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2017

Virginia’s resistance to the ruling would, over time, be more intransigent and longer lasting than that of any other state.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly