Antonyms for unyielding

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-yeel-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈyil dɪŋ

Definition of unyielding

Origin : 1590s of persons; 1650s, of substances; from un- (1) "not" + yielding (see yield (v.)).

adj steadfast, resolute

Example sentences :

If it is properly put together it will remain rigid and unyielding.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Peaceful studied his face, found it stern and unyielding, and nodded assent.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

But one answer--a stern, unyielding NO--will be given to all such proposals.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

As she took him she felt the chill of the stiff, unyielding small body.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

There was a devilish cruelty in every line in his hard, unyielding features.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Then, after a while, he sat looking out of the window with a hard, unyielding stare.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

From it she judged him malleable now, that had been so stern and unyielding before.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

He saw the stern, unyielding compression of the lean, muscular jaws.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Iredale asked, poising his glass on one of the unyielding arms of his chair.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

There was something so unyielding in the keen, aquiline nose and pointed chin.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for unyielding

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