Unyielding

Definition: Unyielding

Unyielding

Adjective

1. Stubbornly unyielding; "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"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion".

2. Refusing to give way or compromise; "unyielding determination".

3. Having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute.

Date "unyielding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Unyielding

Synonyms: bulldog (adj), dogged (adj), dour (adj), flinty (adj), granitic (adj), pertinacious (adj), tenacious (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Hardness	Adjective: hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm; starch, starched; stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding; inflexible, tense; indurate, indurated; gritty, proof.
Inelasticity	Adjective: unyielding, inelastic, inflexible. (soft); irresilient.
Obstinacy	Arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted; prejudiced; creed-bound; prepossessed, infatuated; stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted; hard-mouthed, hidebound; unyielding; impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible; unpersuadable; intractable, untractable; incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason; crotchety.
Resistance	Proof against; unconquerable; (strong); stubborn, unconquered; indomitable; (persevering) a; unyielding; (obstinate).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unyielding

English words defined with "unyielding": adamance ♦ bulldog ♦ dogged, dour ♦ firmness, flinty ♦ granitic ♦ Hard-shell ♦ Impersuadable, In hard condition, Incompliance, Incompliant, Ironbound ♦ obduracy ♦ pertinacious, Positive motion ♦ rigid ♦ tenacious, To be game, To die game, To hang out ♦ unyieldingness ♦ Yieldless. (references)

Specialty definitions using "unyielding": crush-injury ♦ Owl. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Merlene Ottey: Unyielding Spirit (reference) Unyielding Bronze (reference) Unyielding Fire (reference) Unyielding Spirits : Black Women and Slavery in Early Canada and Jamaica (Crosscurrents in African American History) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Unyielding Box [BOX SET] [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Author	Quotation
Homer	Hades is relentless and unyielding.
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Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	But the Professor was unyielding.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		As the patient reaches stage three, changes in the skin and bones become irreversible, and pain becomes unyielding and may now involve the entire limb. There is marked muscle atrophy, severely limited mobility of the affected area, and flexor tendon contractions (contractions of the muscles and tendons that flex the joints). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	In framing such treaties it is the duty of each party not simply to urge with unyielding pertinacity that which suits its own interest, but to concede liberally to that which is adapted to the interest of the other.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Unyielding" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unyielding" is used about 117 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	117	29,823

Language		Translations for "unyielding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		këmbëngulës (assiduous, difficult, dogged, emphatic, exacting, insistent, lingering, patient, persevering, persistent, pressing, rebellious, tenacious, unremitting, up and coming, urgent), i panënshtruar (insubordinate, rambunctious, refractory, unamenable, unsubdued, unswayed), i palëkundur (pertinacious, steadfast, unshakable, unshaken), i paepur (adamant, cast iron, dogged, firm, hard bitten, hard boiled, implacable, indefatigable, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, pertinacious, rigid, stiff, tough, uncompromising, unrelenting). (various references)

Arabic		‏قاسي (austere, drastic, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, harsh, rough, rugged, severe, sharp, slashing, stern, stony, strait, strict, stringent, tough), ‏قاس (austere, callous, concrete, cruel, cutthroat, drastic, firm, gauge, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, inclement, inflexible, measure, merciless, pitiless, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, scale, severe, solid, standardize, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, tape, tough, try on, unfeeling, unkind), ‏عنيد (adamant, asinine, contrary, coriaceous, die hard, dogged, dour, fractious, hardheaded, headstrong, heady, implacable, incorrigible, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, inveterate, irreconcilable, mulish, nagging, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, peevish, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, refractory, rigid, scabrous, scratchy, self willed, stiff, stiff necked, stout, stubborn, sullen, tenacious, thwart, uncompromising, unruly, unwilling, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), ‏صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind). (various references)

Bulgarian		неотстъпчив (irreconcilable, rock-ribbed, rocky, severe, sticky, unaccommodating, unamenable), непреклонен (adamant, adamantine, austere, cast iron, implacable, inexorable, inexpiable, inflexible, iron-bound, ironclad, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rugged, stern, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting), непоклатим (steady, unbudging, unshakable), неподаващ се на огъване, неподаващ се на натиск. (various references)

Chinese		骾 (blunt, fish bones), 鯁 (blunt, fish bones), 坚硬 (hardness, Obdurate, rigidity), 剛強 (firm), 不屈不�'" (indomitable), 不屈 (unbending), � � (firm, resolute, solid, strong). (various references)

Czech		pevný (adamant, compact, concrete, consistent, deep-seated, durable, energetic, fast, firm, fixed, good, hard set, hardwearing, heavy duty, immovable, ingrained, meaty, proof, resilient, resolute, secure, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, valid), nepoddajný (hard, intractable, obdurate, unruly, unwieldy), neohebný (inflexible, rigid), neústupný (immovable, insistent, intractable, intransigent, obstinate, pertinacious, refractory, stubborn). (various references)

Farsi		گردنکش (Disobedient, Refractory, Turbulent), سرکش (Disobedient, Indomitable, Inelastic, Insubordinate, Irrepressible, Malcontent, Malignant, Naughty, Random, Rebel, Rebellious, Recalcitrant, Refractory, Restive, Rowdy, Turbulent, Undaunted, Unruly, Wanton). (various references)

Finnish		taipumaton (immovable, indeclinable, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, unbending), myöntymätön, alistumaton (unsubmissive). (various references)

French		rigide (unbending), inflexible (unbending, uncompromising). (various references)

German		unnachgiebig (adamant, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, procrustean, relentless, unaccommodating, unaccomodating, unbending, uncompromising, unflinching, unflinchingly, unrelenting, unyieldingly). (various references)

Greek		ανέκδοτοσ (unbending, unedited, unpublished). (various references)

Hungarian		hajthatatlan (adamant, grim, hard as a flint, hard bitten, have a heart of flint, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, relentless, steely, stiff, stiff in the back, uncomplying, unrelenting). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		きか�"気 (accurately, brisk, clearly, close, creak, daring, distinctly, energetic, exactly, intense, lively, perfectly, plainly, precisely, squeak, tight, tightly), 強硬 (firm, strong, stubborn, unbending, vigorous), 利かぬ気 , 利か�"気 (daring). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きかぬき, きか�"き (daring), きょう�"う (consternation, crime, enforcement, famine, firm, forcing, height of a mirror stand, murder, panic, poor crops, Pope, scare, strong, stubborn, thoracic cavity, thorax, unbending, vigorous, violence). (various references)

Korean		승기한. (various references)

Pig Latin		yieldingunay

Portuguese		que não cede (non-ductile, tenacious), obstinado (ambivalent, balky, contumacious, die-hard, dogged, dour, hard-mouthed, headstrong, mulish, non-ductile, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pertinacious, recalcitrant, refractory, self-willed, stiff-necked, stolid, stubborn, tenacious, unredeemed, wilful, willful, wrong-headed), inflexível (die-hard, firm, iron-bound, non-ductile, obdurate, relentless, rigorous, rugged, severe, steadfast, stiff, stony, stubborn, tough, unaccommodating, unbending, uncompromising, unfeeling, unpersuadable, unrelenting, unshrinking), firme (compact, consistent, deep-seated, die-hard, fadeless, fast, firm, fixed, hard, inflexible, iron, non-ductile, resolute, set, settled, sober, solid, stable, steadfast, steady, stern, stiff, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tight, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unfailing, unfaltering, unhesitating, unmoved, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), duro (adamant, callous, cornered, crapy, crusty, die-hard, flinty, grueling, gruelling, gruff, hard, hard-boiled, hard-up, heartless, iron, iron-bound, jarring, marble, non-ductile, racking, rocky, rough, rugged, set, severe, shrewd, sinewy, solid, stand-up, stern, stiff, toilsome, tough, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, wiry). (various references)

Romanian		nestrãmutat (firm, resolute, secure, unflinching, unshakeable), neînduplecat (cast iron, hard bitten, inexorable, inflexible, relentless, rigid, rugged, sticky), inflexibil (hard and fast, immutable, inflexible, unbending), ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, inflexible, resistant, resolute, resolved, set, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering), dificil (abstract, awkward, captious, choosy, cross-grained, dainty, delicate, difficult, fastidious, finical, hard, ill, intractable, involved, nice, parlous, qualmish, scabrous, spiny, stiff, tender, thorny, ticklish, tough, troublesome). (various references)

Russian		твердый (adamant, cast iron, coriaceous, deep-seated, fast, firm, gritty, hard, hard and fast, resolute, resolved, rigid, rocky, set, solid, steadfast, stern, stiff, stony, unflinching, unshaken, unshrinking), неподатливый (hard boiled, hardmouthed, non-ductile, unaccommodating, unamenable, uncompliant). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nesavitljiv (inflexible, unbending), nepopustljiv (adamant, die hard, iron-bound, unaccommodating, uncomplying, unforgiving, unrelenting, unremitting). (various references)

Spanish		inflexible (hard, inelastic, inflexible, nonelastic, rigid, unbending). (various references)

Swedish		orubblig (adamant, firm, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, impregnable, inexorable, inflexible, pertinacious, tenacious, unblinking, uncompromising, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering), oböjlig (indeclinable, inflexible, unbending). (various references)

Turkish		sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, vehement, violent), inatçı (balky, bullet-head, bull-headed, cantankerous, contrary, contumacious, cussed, die hard, difficult, dogged, dour, fractious, hard bitten, hard-headed, hard-mouthed, hard-nosed, headstrong, heady, indocile, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mule, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstinate person, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, self willed, self-opinionated, set, spiky, stern, sticker, stickler, sticky, stiff necked, strongheaded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), boyun eğmez (challenging, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, unrelenting). (various references)

Ukrainian		непіддатливий (churlish, hard-mouthed, impracticable, non-yielding, recalcitrant, unpliant), непохитний (adamant, adamantine, die hard, granitic, granitical, hard and fast, immovable, impregnable, inflexible, inviolable, never say die, relentless, rocky, stable, steady, unbending, unshaken, unswerving). (various references)

Vietnamese		không oằn, không cong không chịu khuất phục, không chịu nhượng bộ; cứng cỏi, cứng (hard, stiff, unbending, unsupple). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adamans, ferrea, ferreae, ferream, ferreas, ferreis, ferreo, ferreos, ferreum, ferreus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "unyielding": unyieldingly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Unyielding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unwielding. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "unyielding" (pronounced unyē"lding)
6	-y ē" l d i ng	yielding.
5	-ē" l d i ng	Fielding, shielding, wielding.
4	-l d i ng	balding, beholding, building, folding, gilding, handholding, heralding, holding, landholding, Melding, molding, moulding, nonbuilding, overbuilding, rebuilding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, shipbuilding, unfolding, upholding, welding, Wilding, withholding.
3	-d i ng	abiding, abounding, acceding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, banding, bedding, beheading, bending, bidding, biding, binding, bleeding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, conceding, concluding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, fending, feuding, finding, flooding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handing, heading, heeding, herding, hiding, hoarding, hounding, impeding, impending, imploding, inbreeding, including, intending, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landing, lauding, leading, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, mending, minding, misleading, misreading, misspending, misunderstanding, needing, nodding, nonbinding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, portending, pounding, preceding, precluding, presiding, pretending, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, receding, recommending, recording, Redding, Reding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rereading, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, seceding, seeding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, speeding, spellbinding, spending, spreading, stampeding, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unloading, unwinding, upgrading, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, wending, winding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-u-y"
	-2 letters: indignly, induline, linguine, yielding.
	-3 letters: denying, dingily, dueling, eliding, eluding, enduing, guyline, indigen, induing, indulge, indulin, lending, undying, unlined.
	-4 letters: dieing, dingey, dingle, dining, dunlin, dyeing, dynein, edgily, ending, engild, ginned, guiled, gulden, gunned, gunnel, idling, indign, inulin, lignin, linden, lineny, lining, lunged, lungyi, niding, nudely, undine.
	-5 letters: deign, dinge, dingy, dungy, dying, dynel.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-u-y"
	+2 letters: indigenously, unyieldingly.
	+3 letters: undeviatingly.
	+4 letters: disingenuously.
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