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Uncompromising definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNCOM'PROMISING, a. s as z. Not compromising; not agreeing to terms; not complying.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" [syn: uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible] [ant: compromising, conciliatory, flexible]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1800 not making or accepting a compromise ; making no concessions ; inflexible, unyielding • uncompromisingly adverb • uncompromisingness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. unwilling to compromise; stubborn; unyielding. Derivatives: uncompromisingly adv. uncompromisingness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uncompromising Un*com"pro*mi`sing, a. Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible. -- Un*com"pro*mi`sing*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe someone as uncompromising, you mean that they are determined not to change their opinions or aims in any way. Mrs Thatcher was a tough and uncompromising politician. ADJ • uncompromisingly The company had once been uncompromisingly socialist... He states uncompromisingly that he is opposed to any practices which oppress animals. ADV: usu ADV adj, also ADV after v 2. If you describe something as uncompromising, you mean that it does not attempt to make something that is shocking or unpleasant any more acceptable to people. ...a film of uncompromising brutality. ADJ • uncompromisingly ...the uncompromisingly modern decor. ADV: ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unyielding, obstinate, inflexible, stiff, rigid, strict.

Moby Thesaurus

adamant, adamantine, cast-iron, dour, firm, flinty, fundamentalist, grim, hard, hard-core, hard-line, hidebound, immovable, immutable, implacable, impliable, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable, muscle-bound, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed, rockbound, single-minded, steely, stern, stiff, straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompliant, ungiving, unmoved, unrelenting, unyielding