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ADAMANTINE

• ADAMANTINE (adjective)
The adjective ADAMANTINE has 3 senses:

1. consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
2. having the hardness of a diamond
3. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Familiarity information: ADAMANTINE used as an adjective is uncommon.

• ADAMANTINE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Consisting of or having the hardness of adamant

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

adamant (very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having the hardness of a diamond

Similar:

hard (resisting weight or pressure)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Synonyms:

adamant; intransigent; inexorable; adamantine

Context examples:

he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind / Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him / an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency

Similar:

inflexible (incapable of change)

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