He is a stubborn and intransigent demagogue.
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Intransigent
//ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt//
Synonyms for "intransigent" (139 found)
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4 entriesderived
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- безкомпромисен adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- непримирим adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Catalan
1 entries- intransigent adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 唔妥協嘅 /唔妥协嘅 adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- 唔讓步嘅 /唔让步嘅 adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Danish
3 entries- genstridig adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- uforsonlig adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- umedgørlig adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Dutch
1 entries- onverzettelijk adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Finnish
2 entries- jyrkkä adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- myöntymätön adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
French
2 entries- impitoyable adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- intransigeant adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
German
4 entries- hartleibig adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- intransigent adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- kompromisslos adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- stur adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Greek
1 entries- αδιάλλακτος adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Hebrew
1 entries- בלתי מתפשר adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Hungarian
3 entries- hajthatatlan adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- intranzigens adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- tántoríthatatlan adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Icelandic
1 entries- þrjóskur adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Māori
2 entries- upoko mārō adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- whakaioio adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Persian
1 entries- معاند adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Polish
3 entries- nieprzejednany adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- nieustępliwy adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- uparciuch noun (intransigent person)
Portuguese
1 entries- intransigente adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Russian
2 entries- непрекло́нный adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- непримири́мый adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- beskompromisan adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- intransigentan adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Spanish
2 entries- intransigente adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- intransigente noun (intransigent person)
Swedish
1 entries- omedgörlig adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Ukrainian
4 entries- безкомпромі́сний adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- непохи́тний adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- непримире́нний adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
- непримири́мий adj (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
He's a stubborn and intransigent demagogue.
Source: tatoeba (7955949)
People with criminal inclinations, inclined toward authoritarianism, cynicism, manipulation, intrigue, and terror, sympathize with Stalin. Revolutionary leftist democrats with a decisive, intransigent character, ready to achieve a goal, much prefer Lenin.
Source: tatoeba (10321461)
Mary tried to convince Tom to come back, but he was intransigent.
Source: tatoeba (10581100)
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