intransigent

WOTD - 19 April 2006    

English

Alternative forms

• intransigeant

Etymology

From French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intransigent (comparative more intransigent, superlative most intransigent)

1. Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.

   Don't waste your time trying to change his mind, he's completely intransigent.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:obstinate

Related terms

• intransigence
• intransigency
• intransigently

Translations

unwilling to compromise or moderate a position

Croatian: intransigentan (hr) French: intransigeant (fr), impitoyable (fr) German: kompromisslos (de), intransigent (de) Greek: αδιάλλακτος (el)

Icelandic: þrjóskur m., þrjósk f., þrjóskt n. Portuguese: intransigente (pt) Swedish: omedgörlig (sv)

References

• intransigent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intransigent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913