intransigent

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: in=tran=si=gent

CIDE DICTIONARY

intransigent, a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.].

 Refusing compromise; uncompromising; inflexible; irreconcilable.  Lond. Sat. Rev.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intransigent, adj. & n.
--adj. uncompromising, stubborn.
--n. an intransigent person.

Derivative

intransigence n. intransigency n. intransigently adv.

Etymology

F intransigeant f. Sp. los intransigentes extreme republicans in Cortes, ult. formed as IN-(1) + L transigere transigent- come to an understanding (as TRANS-, agere act)

THESAURUS

intransigent

adamant, adamantine, ass, bigot, bitter-ender, brawler, bullethead, cast-iron, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, dogmatist, donkey, dour, fanatic, firm, flinty, grim, hard, hard-core, hardnose, immovable, immutable, implacable, impliable, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intransigeant, iron, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigant, maverick, mule, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, perverse fool, pighead, plaintiff, positivist, protester, purist, quarreler, relentless, resister, rigid, rigorous, rock-ribbed, scrapper, standpat, standpatter, steely, stern, stickler, stiff, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, ungiving, unmoved, unrelenting, unyielding, wrangler