unswayableadj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible
ironOE
stour1303
strange1338
unmovablea1382
inflexible1398
stoutc1410
unpliablea1425
intreatable1509
stiff1526
stiff-necked1526
unpliant1547
stout-hearted1552
inexorable1553
obstinate1559
strait-laced1560
impersuasible1576
unflexiblea1586
hard-edged1589
adamantive1594
unyielding1594
adder-deaf1597
steeled1600
irrefragable1601
rigid1606
unpersuadable1607
imployable1613
unswayablea1616
uncompellable1623
inflexive?1624
over-rigid1632
unlimbera1639
seta1640
incomplying1640
uncomplying1643
stiff-girt1659
impersuadable1680
unbendinga1688
impracticable1713
unblendable1716
stiff-rumped1728
unconvinciblea1747
uncompounding1782
unplastic1787
unbending1796
adamant1816
uneasy1819
uncompromising1828
cast iron1829
hard-hitting1831
rigoristic1844
ramrod1850
pincé1858
anchylosed1860
unbendable1884
tape-bound1900
tape-tied1900
hard line1903
tough1905
absolutist1907
hard-arsed1942
go-for-broke1946
hardcore1951
hard-arse1966
hard-ass1967
hardball1974
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 25 To this end, He bow'd his Nature, neuer knowne before, But to be rough, vnswayable, and free. View more context for this quotation
a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) i. 5 He was..hard-necked and unswayable in policy.
1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 84 Bostonians..have the Irish tradition of impassioned and unswayable conviction.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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