unyielding

From un- + yielding.

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• Rhymes: -iːldɪŋ

unyielding (comparative more unyielding, superlative most unyielding)

1. Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obstinate

   unyielding pressure

   unyielding support

   • 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 18:

     I refer rather to the central position the creed of unyiedling will holds in the North.