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English adjective: unregenerate

1. unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield


Synonymsobstinate, stubborn


Similarbloody-minded, bolshy, bullet-headed, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrarious, cross-grained, determined, dogged, dour, hardheaded, mulish, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, stiff-necked, strong-minded, strong-willed, stroppy, tenacious, unyielding


See alsodisobedient, inflexible, intractable, sturdy, uncompromising


Antonymsdocile

2. unregenerate not reformed morally or spiritually


SamplesUnregenerate human nature.
Unregenerate conservatism.


Synonymsunregenerated


Similarcussed, impenitent, obdurate, obstinate, unconverted, unpersuaded, unrepentant


See alsoimpenitent, lost, unremorseful, unrepentant


Antonymsregenerate

3. unregenerate unrepentant and incapable of being reformed


SamplesAn unregenerate criminal.


Synonymsunreformable


Similarincorrigible


Antonymscorrigible









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