uncompromising
/ʌnˈkɒmprəmʌɪzɪŋ
/adjective
1Showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one’s ways or opinions: as an uncompromising Protestant he felt that his country ought to be at war with Spain his voice was uncompromising...
- Levein's opinions, honest and uncompromising, have been a hallmark of his reign.
- Common to both was Hearts being uncompromising and unwilling simply to allow Celtic to dictate.
- The Reagan doctrine was an uncompromising policy to win a global struggle between good and evil.
1.1Harsh or relentless: the uncompromising ugliness of her home...
- Caroline Hunt's production is tough, uncompromising and honed to muscled perfection.
- I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice.
- In addition to the reduced financial benefits, players exist in one of the most gruelling, physically uncompromising leagues.
Synonyms
inflexible, unbending, unyielding, unshakeable, unwavering, resolute, unpersuadable, unmalleable, rigid, stiff, hard-line, hard and fast, tough, immovable, intractable, firm, determined, iron-willed, dogged, obstinate, stubborn, not giving an inch, diehard, adamant, obdurate, tenacious, pertinacious, relentless, implacable, inexorable, intransigent, headstrong, pig-headed, bull-headed, single-minded, stiff-necked
British informal bloody-minded
North American informal badass
rare indurate
Derivatives
uncompromisingly
/ adverb ...- You are deemed a supremely honest left voice writing in this country's leading liberal newspaper, and you clearly view yourself as uncompromisingly honest.
- The etymology is uncompromisingly straightforward.
- Cathy Jamieson's old schoolteacher would probably wince at the tortured sentence just delivered in an uncompromisingly broad Ayrshire accent by Scotland's embattled education minister.
uncompromisingness
- The cricketer replies that both have a quality of ‘uncompromisingness, facing the facts, not turning one's face away, not giving up’.
- Statistical evaluation of uncompromisingness of climate regions in 0.5 km squares is presented.
- It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held and not in the dogma or want of dogma that the danger lies.