unyielding

[ uhn-yeel-ding ]

adjective

1. unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard:

   The unyielding metal door resisted the intruder's attempts to force it open.

2. not apt to give way under pressure; inflexible; firm:

   Despite her injuries, she maintained an unyielding determination to complete the marathon.

unyielding

/ ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ /

adjective

1. not compliant, submissive, or flexible

   his unyielding attitude

2. not pliable or soft

   a firm and unyielding surface

Other Words From

• un·yielding·ly adverb
• un·yielding·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unyielding¹

un- ¹ + yielding

Example Sentences

Her questions were smart and, more politically important, her demeanor was unyielding.

From Washington Post

Nancy’s unyielding and adoring gaze focused solely on her husband.

From Washington Post

It was earth like I’d never seen it—furious, vast, unyielding.

From Outside Online

That familiarity, she says, made her feel safe while being so unyielding in her discussion of what she’s been through.

From Washington Post

Since we met during his freshman term in Congress, Xavier has been an unyielding champion for justice, regardless of the personal or political consequences.

From Washington Blade

Spader, so intense and riveting last year as Red, has lost some of that unyielding relentlessness.

From The Daily Beast

Both insisted Goldwater was scaring away the swing voters Republicans needed with his unyielding conservatism.

From The Daily Beast

[Hoffman] was definitely ferocious and unyielding in that movie.

From The Daily Beast

That standard and his unyielding hold to keeping up those standards made me want to work harder, but I only realized that after.

From The Daily Beast

She wore an apple-green housedress and her graying beehive hairdo was unyielding against the blasts of a chugging air conditioner.

From The Daily Beast

He turned his head, fixed his unyielding eyes upon her, said "Yes," and glanced away.

From Project Gutenberg

Right through the centre of this house rose the thick unyielding mast of the vessel.

From Project Gutenberg

A man can face his foes with a spirit undaunted and unyielding, but he can not fly from them without trembling as he looks behind.

From Project Gutenberg

This was found to be wholly impossible because of the unyielding bigotry and hostility of the Moslem community and the government.

From Project Gutenberg

Bone would prove too unyielding, but cartilage, or gristle, meets the case exactly.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adamant
• determined
• hard-line
• hard-nosed
• immovable
• implacable
• inflexible
• intractable
• merciless
• obstinate
• relentless
• rigid
• ruthless
• single-minded
• staunch
• stubborn
• uncompromising
• unrelenting
• unwavering