Word:
Intransigent
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Completely unwilling to change: very stubborn.
Sentences:
1) She has remained intransigent in his opposition to removing the proposal.
2) He remained intransigent and refused any advice on improving.
Origin:
From Latin intransigetne, from in- + tramsigente.
First use:
circa 1879
Synonyms:
adamant, doggard, hard, immovable, implaceable
Antonyms:
agreeable, amenable.
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