Uncompromising
[ʌn'kɒmprəmaɪzɪŋ] or [ʌn'kɑmprəmaɪzɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) not making concessions; 'took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks'; 'uncompromising honesty' .
Typed by Emile--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible.
Checker: Tina
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unyielding, obstinate, inflexible, stiff, rigid.
Typed by Blanche
Definition
adj. not admitting of compromise or adjustment: unyielding: obstinate.—adv. Uncom′promisingly.—n. Uncom′promisingness.
Edited by Horace
Examples
- Not the least disguise toned down or shaded off that uncompromising fact in the landscape. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- No,' says Lightwood, in an uncompromising voice; 'no money. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A fell, uncompromising, murderous business-meaning there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Equally important is the uncompromising monotheism, void of any Jewish exclusiveness, which is sustained by the Koran. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Grim and uncompromising as the description reads, it was typical of the equipment in those remote days of the telegraph at the close of the war. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The name of the Creditor is Riah,' said Mr Fledgeby, with a rather uncompromising accent on his noun-substantive. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His attitude was cold, haughty, and uncompromising. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In general much blacker,' returned Mrs. Sparsit, in her uncompromising way. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She brought with her two uncompromising hard black boxes, with her initials on the lids in hard brass nails. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Stand forth, Jo, in uncompromising colours! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Horace