unyielding

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adjective

Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.

“unyielding support”

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adamantardentgrimuntiringbent onbloody-mindedbullheadedcertain
OriginEnglish yielding ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunyielding (comparative more unyielding, superlative most unyielding)

comparative more unyielding · superlative most unyielding

  1. Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.

    unyielding support

    2 more examples

    unyielding pressure

    I refer rather to the central position the creed of unyiedling will holds in the North.

    1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 18

    Synonyms: adamant, ardent, grim, untiring, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot giving in; not bending; stubborn.

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adamantardentgrimuntiringbent onbloody-mindedbullheadedcertainchronicconfirmeddetermineddieharddoggedhard-heartedhard-nosedhardheadedheadstrongimmovableincalcitrantinflexible

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivestubbornly unyielding

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doggeddourpersistentpertinacioustenaciousstubbornobstinateunregenerate

adjectiveresistant to physical force or pressure

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hard
Also see
adamantinebrutaldoggeddourhardimpersuasibleimplacableinclementindomitableinflexibleobdurateobsessiveobstinatepersistentpertinaciousrelentlessrigidstaunchsteadystiffstubborntenacioustruculentunrelenting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishyielding
  9. Englishunyielding

From un- + yielding.

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Translations

Bulgarian неподдаващ
  • неподдаващ (nepoddavašt)not giving in
Chinese Mandarin 堅定 /坚定, 不屈
  • 堅定 /坚定 (jiāndìng)not giving in
  • 不屈 (bùqǔ)not giving in
  • 堅決 /坚决 (jiānjué)not giving in
Czech mezlomný
  • mezlomnýnot giving in
Finnish peräänantamaton
  • peräänantamatonnot giving in
French inflexible
  • inflexiblenot giving in
German unnachgiebig, unbeugsam
  • unnachgiebignot giving in
  • unbeugsamnot giving in
Latin impenetrabilis
  • impenetrabilisnot giving in
Spanish inflexible, obstinado
  • inflexiblenot giving in
  • obstinadonot giving in
  • indefectiblenot giving in
  • firmenot giving in
  • inexorablenot giving in
Ukrainian непосту́пливий, непідда́тливий
  • непосту́пливий (nepostúplyvyj)not giving in
  • непідда́тливий (nepiddátlyvyj)not giving in
  • непода́тливий (nepodátlyvyj)not giving in
  • невідсту́пний (nevidstúpnyj)not giving in

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unyielding

yielding
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Cite this entry
APA

unyielding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyielding

MLA

“unyielding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyielding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unyielding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyielding.

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