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adjective

intransigeant

/ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃/

adjective/ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃/

intransigent, unaccommodating

Near-synonym: impitoyable

Synonyms: sévère, impitoyable

Antonyms: indulgent, conciliant, accommodant, transigeant

Related: intransigeance

Borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. By surface analysis, in- + transigeant, literally “uncompromising”.