Intransigent

adjective · GRE

Meaning: Unwilling to compromise or change one's views.

Example

  1. Talks collapsed because both sides remained intransigent on the issue of wages.

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms:

uncompromisingrigidunbending

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