indomitableadj.
/ɪnˈdɒmɪtəb(ə)l/ 1.
a. That cannot be tamed; untameable. ? Obsolete.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > untameable
untameable1567
tameless1597
unreclaimable1609
indomable1623
indomitable1634
indomptable1653
infractible1657
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 13 The Inhabitants so indomitable.
a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 162 Indomitable Spirits by gentle usage may be tamed and brought to obedience.
b. Of temper and the like: passing into 2.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > implacable
impayablea1340
unquemable1440
implacablec1522
unplacable1553
unappeasable1561
impacable1571
immitigable1576
unappeasable1577
inexpiable1598
inexpiate1598
implacable1650
ungainable1661
unredressable1716
unsurmountable1771
indomitable1828
inappeasable1840
untruckling1850
intransigent1881
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 232 Personal qualities of wisdom and valour, mingled with indomitable pride.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ii. 40 The genius of Richelieu alone could at once subdue an indomitable aristocracy.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §1. 347 The temper of the man remained indomitable as ever.
2. Of persons, etc.: That cannot be overcome or subdued by labour, difficulties, or opposition; unyielding; stubbornly persistent or resolute. Usually approbative. (The ordinary use.)
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]
fasteOE
stathelfasteOE
anredOE
hardOE
starkOE
trueOE
steadfast993
fastredeOE
stithc1000
findyOE
stablea1275
stathelyc1275
stiffc1275
stablec1290
steel to the (very) backa1300
unbowinga1300
stably13..
firm1377
unmovablea1382
constantc1386
abidingc1400
toughc1400
sure1421
unmoblea1425
unfaintedc1425
unfaint1436
permanent?a1475
stalwartc1480
unbroken1513
immovable1534
inconcuss1542
unshaken1548
stout1569
unwavering1570
undiscourageable1571
fixed1574
discourageable1576
unappalled1578
resolute1579
unremoved1583
resolved1585
unflexiblea1586
unshakeda1586
square1589
unstooping1597
iron1598
rocky1601
steady1602
undeclinable1610
unboweda1616
unfainting1615
unswayed1615
staunch1624
undiscourageda1628
staid1631
unshook1633
blue?1636
true blue?1636
tenacious1640
uncomplying1643
yieldless1651
riveting1658
unshakened1659
inconquerable1660
unyielding1677
unbendinga1688
tight1690
unswerving1694
unfaltering1727
unsubmitting1730
undeviating1732
undrooping1736
impervertible1741
undamped1742
undyingc1765
sturdy1775
stiff as a poker1798
unfickle1802
indivertible1821
thick and thin1822
undisheartened1827
inconvertible1829
straightforward1829
indomitable1830
stickfast1831
unsuccumbing1833
unturnable1847
unswerved1849
undivertible1856
unforsaking1862
swerveless1863
steeve1870
rock-ribbed1884
stiff in the back1897
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective]
starkOE
moodyOE
stithc1000
stidyc1175
stallc1275
harda1382
stubbornc1386
obstinate?1387
throa1400
hard nolleda1425
obstinant?a1425
pertinacec1425
stablec1440
dour1488
unresigned1497
difficultc1503
hard-necked1530
pertinatec1534
obstacle1535
stout-stomached1549
hard-faced1567
stunt1581
hard-headed1583
pertinacious1583
stuntly1583
peremptory1589
stomachous1590
mulish1600
stomachful1600
obstined1606
restive1633
obstinacious1649
opinionated1649
tenacious1656
iron-sided1659
sturdy1664
cat-witted1672
obstinated1672
unyielding1677
ruggish1688
bullet-headed1699
tough1780
pelsy1785
stupid1788
hard-set1818
thick and thin1822
stuntya1825
rigwiddie1826
indomitable1830
recalcitrant1830
set1848
mule-headed1870
muley1871
capitose1881
hard-nosed1917
tight1928
1830 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 16 A rugged, deep-rooted, indomitable strength.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiv. 145 The natives, as indomitable as their dogs, made the entire circuit of Dallas Bay.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxi. 427 He has by indomitable energy overcome obstacles under which most persons would have sunk.
1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France i. vi. 100 They were alike indomitable and obstinate in their assertion of the rights of conscience.
Derivatives
indomitaˈbility n.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]
steadfastnessa1000
anrednessOE
stead-stathelfastness?c1225
stability13..
steadfastshipc1320
traistnessa1340
constance1340
sadnessc1384
unmovablenessc1384
hardnessa1400
steadfastheadc1400
unmobletya1425
firmitya1450
constancy1526
constantness1530
firmitude?1541
firmness1553
stoutness1561
settledness1571
cleaving1580
solidity1607
immovableness1617
staunchness1623
fixedness1626
fixationa1631
unswayednessa1656
steadiness1663
sturdiness1675
unbendingness1824
indomitability1851
indomitableness1860
thick and thin1884
fixity1885
unshakability1907
1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 311 This young prince..obtained singular importance through his spirit, his indomitability.
inˈdomitableness n. the quality of being indomitable.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]
steadfastnessa1000
anrednessOE
stead-stathelfastness?c1225
stability13..
steadfastshipc1320
traistnessa1340
constance1340
sadnessc1384
unmovablenessc1384
hardnessa1400
steadfastheadc1400
unmobletya1425
firmitya1450
constancy1526
constantness1530
firmitude?1541
firmness1553
stoutness1561
settledness1571
cleaving1580
solidity1607
immovableness1617
staunchness1623
fixedness1626
fixationa1631
unswayednessa1656
steadiness1663
sturdiness1675
unbendingness1824
indomitability1851
indomitableness1860
thick and thin1884
fixity1885
unshakability1907
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 116 Joel exhibits the indomitableness of the locusts, how nothing checks, nothing retards them.
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