All incompliant synonyms
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I i adj incompliant
- stubborn β unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- adamantine β very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
- balky β Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.
- bullheaded β blindly stubborn; headstrong
- cantankerous β Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- contumacious β stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- determined β If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- die-hard β a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
- dogged β doggoned; damned; confounded: Well, I'll be dogged!
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- hardheaded β not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
- headstrong β determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- implacable β not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- inexorable β unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- insubordinate β not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- intractable β not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- intransigent β refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
- iron β Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20Β°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- mulish β of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- obdurate β unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- opinionated β obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
- ornery β ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- persevering β displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- persistent β persistence
- perverse β willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- rebellious β defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- recalcitrant β resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- remorseless β without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.
- rigid β stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- single-minded β having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
- steadfast β fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- unbend β to straighten from a bent form or position.
- unbending β not bending or curving; inflexible; rigid.
- uncompliant β complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- uncompromising β not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- unmanageable β that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- unrelenting β not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- unshakable β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- unyielding β unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
- adamant β If someone is adamant about something, they are determined not to change their mind about it.
- brassbound β inflexibly entrenched
- cussed β obstinate
- firm β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- fixed β fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
- inflexible β not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
- mule β a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
- pertinacious β holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pigheaded β stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- refractory β hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- relentless β that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting: a relentless enemy.