adamant
/ˈæd.ə.mənt/noun, adjective3 syllables
Adamant means: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
Synonyms for adamant9
noun, as in very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
adjective, as in impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
adamantine, inexorable, intransigent, inflexible
also used for adamant
impassivity, impenetrability, impregnability, unmovability
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What does adamant mean?2
adjective
1
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason“he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind”
noun
1
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Adamant in a sentence
- I tried to talk him out of it, but he was adamant.AlanF_US
- I tried to persuade her, but she was adamant.Nuel
- Bill was adamant that she should obey him.Dejo
- I am adamant that we stick to the plan.rul
- Sami was adamant that he had never had sex with Layla.OsoHombre
- Yanni was adamant that his daughter stop seeing Ziri.Amastan
- Ziri was very adamant that Rima cut her ex-classmate off completely.Amastan
- I'm adamant that you should go.dawnbreaksopen
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Forms of adamant
as a noun
- plural
- adamants