adamant
IPA: ˈædʌmʌnt
noun
- An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
- An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
- (archaic) A lodestone.
- (obsolete or historical) A substance that neutralizes lodestones.
adjective
- (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
- (of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.
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Examples of "adamant" in Sentences
- The man continued to remain adamant.
- The consensus is clear, the protocol is adamant.
- The others plead with the Count, but he is adamant.
- Laura Bush was "adamant" about it, but kept it all quiet.
- Their determination is adamant, inexorable and relentless.
- I'm always kind of adamant that musicians should not be visual artists.
- Director Ruba Nadda says she was "adamant" that the character be 50 years old.
- But the interim government was adamant that the constitution was there to stay.
- I was adamant from the outset that it should be packaged like fiction … petite |
- Still, Republicans say they remain adamant that public broadcasting cannot receive funding at the expense of healthcare and education programs.
- Anorexia is defined as the adamant conscious refusal to eat, to the point of self-starvation; in extreme cases, it can be so severe as to cause death.
- While some analysts believe the Fed's move has been largely priced in, others remain adamant that the U.S. currency will suffer as long as policy is eased further.
- It is the greatest kind of hardness; and hence they are said to be harder than a rock, or than an adamant, that is, harder than flint; so hard, that nothing can enter (Jer 5: 3; Zech 7: 12).
- I shall say, he that can take a prospect of the eternally miserable condition of multitudes among whom we live, and the approaching miseries which, without repentance and reformation, will not be avoided, and not spend some tears on them, hath a heart like a flint or adamant, that is capable of no impression.
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