Impenitent
[ɪm'penɪt(ə)nt] or [ɪm'pɛnɪtənt]
Definition
(adj.) not penitent or remorseful .
(adj.) impervious to moral persuasion .
Checker: Williams--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.
(n.) One who is not penitent.
Inputed by Gracie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Uncontrite, unrepentant, obdurate, hardened, seared, lost, recusant, relentless, graceless, shameless, incorrigible, irreclaimable.
Editor: Sweeney
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PENITENT]
Editor: Theresa
Definition
adj. not repenting of sin.—n. one who does not repent: a hardened sinner.—n. Impen′itence.—adv. Impen′itently.
Editor: Winthrop
Examples
- He was impenitent--but were not public criminals impenitent? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For I'm absolutely impenitent, you know. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Winthrop