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- Dictionaryintransigent/ɪnˈtrɑːnsɪdʒənt/
adjective
- 1. unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something: "her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent"
noun
- 1. an intransigent person.
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refusing to change your opinions or behaviour: Unions claim that the management continues to maintain an intransigent position. Synonym. adamant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong-willed. adamancy. adamantine. adamantly. aggressive. grittily. gutsily. gutsy. gutty. hard-boiled. pertinaciously. pigheadedly. purposefully.
The meaning of INTRANSIGENT is characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude : uncompromising. How to use intransigent in a sentence. Did you know?
adjective. formal disapproving us / ɪnˈtræn.sə.dʒ ə nt / uk / ɪnˈtræn.sɪ.dʒ ə nt / / ɪnˈtrɑːn.sɪ.dʒ ə nt / Add to word list. refusing to change your opinions or behavior: Unions claim that the management continues to maintain an intransigent position. Synonym. adamant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong-willed. adamancy.
Intransigent definition: refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.. See examples of INTRANSIGENT used in a sentence.
If you describe someone as intransigent, you mean that they refuse to behave differently or to change their attitude to something. They put pressure on the government to change its intransigent stance.
Intransigent means inflexible, stubborn, entrenched. Argue all you like with an intransigent three-year-old. He will never back down from the position that he wants the lollipop NOW.
Definition of intransigent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
