N. straightness,
rectilinearity, directness,
inflexibility, straight line, right line, direct line, short cut
V. be straight, have no turning, not incline to either side, not bend to either side, not turn to either side, not deviate to either side, go straight, steer for, render straight,
straighten,
rectify, set straight, put straight, unbend, unfold,
uncurl,
unravel,
unwrap Adj. straight,
rectilinear,
rectilineal, direct, even, right, true, in a line, unbent,
virgate,
undeviating, unturned,
undistorted, unswerving, straight as an arrow, inflexible, laser-straight, ramrod-straight
N. hardness,
rigidity,
renitence,
renitency,
inflexibility, temper,
callosity,
durity, induration,
petrifaction,
lapidification,
lapidescence,
vitrification,
ossification,
crystallization, stone,
pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil,
crag, crystal, quartz, granite,
adamant, bone, cartilage,
hardware, heart of oak, block, board, deal board, iron, steel,
cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron,
nail, brick, concrete, cement
Adj. hard, rigid,
stubborn, stiff, firm, starch, starched,
stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, inflexible, tense,
indurate,
indurated,
gritty, proof,
adamant,
adamantine,
adamantean, concrete,
stony,
granitic,
calculous,
lithic, vitreous,
horny,
corneous,
bony,
osseous,
ossific,
cartilaginous, hard as a rock, stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker, stiff as starch, stiff as a board
N. obstinateness,
obstinacy,
tenacity, cussedness,
perseverance,
immovability, old school,
inflexibility,
obduracy,
obduration, dogged resolution, resolution, ruling passion, blind side,
self-will,
contumacy,
perversity, pervicacy|,
pervicacity,
indocility,
bigotry,
intolerance,
dogmatism, opiniatry|,
opiniativeness, fixed idea,
fanaticism,
zealotry,
infatuation,
monomania, opinionatedness opinionativeness,
mule, opinionist|,
opinionatist, opiniator|, opinator|,
stickler,
dogmatist,
bigot,
zealot,
enthusiast,
fanatic V. be obstinate,
stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts,
opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief, have one's own way,
persist, have the last word, insist on having the last word, die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out
Adj. obstinate,
tenacious,
stubborn,
obdurate,
casehardened, inflexible,
balky, immovable,
unshakable, not to be moved,
inert, unchangeable,
inexorable,
mulish, obstinate as a mule,
pig-headed,
dogged,
sullen,
sulky, unmoved, uninfluenced, unaffected, willful,
self-willed,
perverse,
resty, restive, restiff|,
pervicacious,
wayward,
refractory,
unruly,
heady,
headstrong, entete,
contumacious,
crossgrained, arbitrary, dogmatic, positive,
bigoted,
prejudiced, creed- bound, prepossessed,
infatuated,
stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted,
hard-mouthed,
hidebound, unyielding,
impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible,
unpersuadable, intractable, untractable,
incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason,
crotchety Phr. non possumus, no surrender, ils n'ont rien appris ne rien oublie
