Standard Lemma guide

unyielding

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • unyielding pressure
  • unyielding support

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adamant, ardent, grim, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, irrefragable, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

resistant to physical force or pressure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unyielding head support

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

stubbornly unyielding- T.S.Eliot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dogged persistence
  • dour determination
  • the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
  • a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it
  • men tenacious of opinion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + yielding.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աննկուն (annkun) — not giving in
  • Bulgarian: неподдаващ (nepoddavašt) — not giving in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 堅定 /坚定 (jiāndìng) — not giving in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不屈 (bùqǔ) — not giving in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 堅決 /坚决 (jiānjué) — not giving in
  • Czech: mezlomný — not giving in
  • Finnish: peräänantamaton — not giving in
  • French: inflexible — not giving in
  • German: unnachgiebig — not giving in
  • German: unbeugsam — not giving in
  • Latin: impenetrabilis — not giving in
  • Manx: reen — not giving in
  • Manx: do-scughey — not giving in
  • Manx: sthurneishagh — not giving in
  • Manx: antoyrtagh — not giving in
  • Manx: neulhoobagh (gyn lhiggey lesh) — not giving in
  • Spanish: inflexible — not giving in
  • Spanish: obstinado — not giving in
  • Spanish: indefectible — not giving in
  • Spanish: firme — not giving in
  • Spanish: inexorable — not giving in
  • Ottoman Turkish: صارپ (sarp) — not giving in
  • Ukrainian: непосту́пливий (nepostúplyvyj) — not giving in
  • Ukrainian: непідда́тливий (nepiddátlyvyj) — not giving in
  • Ukrainian: непода́тливий (nepodátlyvyj) — not giving in
  • Ukrainian: невідсту́пний (nevidstúpnyj) — not giving in