† incomplyingadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not complying; incompliant.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible
ironOE
stour1303
strange1338
unmovablea1382
inflexible1398
stoutc1410
unpliablea1425
intreatable1509
stiff1526
stiff-necked1526
unpliant1547
stout-hearted1552
inexorable1553
obstinate1559
strait-laced1560
impersuasible1576
unflexiblea1586
hard-edged1589
adamantive1594
unyielding1594
adder-deaf1597
steeled1600
irrefragable1601
rigid1606
unpersuadable1607
imployable1613
unswayablea1616
uncompellable1623
inflexive?1624
over-rigid1632
unlimbera1639
seta1640
incomplying1640
uncomplying1643
stiff-girt1659
impersuadable1680
unbendinga1688
impracticable1713
unblendable1716
stiff-rumped1728
unconvinciblea1747
uncompounding1782
unplastic1787
unbending1796
adamant1816
uneasy1819
uncompromising1828
cast iron1829
hard-hitting1831
rigoristic1844
ramrod1850
pincé1858
anchylosed1860
unbendable1884
tape-bound1900
tape-tied1900
hard line1903
tough1905
absolutist1907
hard-arsed1942
go-for-broke1946
hardcore1951
hard-arse1966
hard-ass1967
hardball1974
1640 W. Bridge True Souldiers Convoy 10 Now, God is very incomplying in all his wayes.
1708 F. Atterbury Power of Charity 9 That obstinate Resolution of Mind, that stubborn incomplying Virtue, which is requisite to preserve a Man undefil'd and blameless.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > quality or character of being uncompliant
incompliableness1642
incomplyingness1655
incompliancy1658
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 101 Usually they [kings] derive their asperity..from the protervity and incomplyingnesse of their people.
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adj.1640