adamant

[ ad-uh-muhnt, -mant ]

/ ˈæd ə mənt, -ˌmænt /

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adjective

utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.

too hard to cut, break, or pierce.

noun

any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.

a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.

OTHER WORDS FOR adamant

1 inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.

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OPPOSITES FOR adamant

1 flexible, easygoing, yielding.

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Origin of adamant

First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamant- (stem of adamas ) “hard metal (perhaps steel), diamond,” from Greek, equivalent to a- a-⁶ + -damant- verbal adjective of damân “to tame, conquer”; replacing Old English athamans (from Medieval Latin ) and Middle English aymont, from Middle French aimant, from unattested Vulgar Latin adimant-, from Latin

OTHER WORDS FROM adamant

ad·a·man·cy

[ad-uh-muhn-see], /ˈæd ə mən si/, ad·a·mance, nounad·a·mant·ly, adverbun·ad·a·mant, adjective

Words nearby adamant

Adah, Adak, Adam, Adama, Adam-and-Eve, adamant, adamantane, adamantine, adamantly, Adamawa, Adamawa-Eastern

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How to use adamant in a sentence

I was adamant about staying active as much as my body could endure.
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Barbara Bry, his opponent in the race, also a Democrat, was more adamant.
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FDA regulators are adamant that a vaccine will not be approved until it is demonstrated to be safe and effective.
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Gordon points out that selectively cutting one out of three old growth trees can be a good thing by opening up more light, but he’s adamant that clear-cutting should no longer be allowed in Alaska.
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The Postal Service has been adamant that it can handle a nationwide increase in voting by mail in the general election.
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Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.
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They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
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They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.
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Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.
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Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.
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He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang—what would he not suffer!
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Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it—adamant had scarce seemed firmer.
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And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!
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I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.
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He moistened his lips, and glanced at her for succor, but she was adamant.
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British Dictionary definitions for adamant

adamant

/ (ˈædəmənt) /

adjective

unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion; unyielding

a less common word for adamantine (def. 1)

noun

any extremely hard or apparently unbreakable substance

a legendary stone said to be impenetrable, often identified with the diamond or loadstone

Derived forms of adamant

adamantly, adverb

Word Origin for adamant

Old English: from Latin adamant-, stem of adamas, from Greek; literal meaning perhaps: unconquerable, from a- 1 + daman to tame, conquer

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