unrelenting
un·re·lent·ing
adj \-ˈlen-tiŋ\Definition of UNRELENTING
2
: not letting up or weakening in vigor or pace : constant <the unrelenting struggle>
— un·re·lent·ing·ly \-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
See Examples of UNRELENTING
- <that professor tends to be unrelenting about deadlines>
- <unrelenting in the pursuit of equality for all races>
First Known Use of UNRELENTING
1588
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Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, obstinate, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
Related Words: anal-retentive, obsessive; wayward, wrongheaded; determined, hell-bent, inexorable, persistent, relentless, resolved, set, single-minded, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, unflinching; firm, hard-line, hard-shell (or hard-shelled), iron, severe, stern, strict; hidebound, narrow-minded, rigid; bloody-minded [chiefly British], cantankerous; contrary, cussed; contumacious, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly; defiant, insurgent, mutinous; indomitable, invincible, unconquerable; confirmed, inveterate, unregenerate; demanding, exacting
Near Antonyms: docile, obedient, placable, submissive, tractable; accepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willing; governable, manageable, reasonable, temperate; slavish, subservient
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