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UNREGENERATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unrepentant and incapable of being reformed
Example:
an unregenerate criminal
Synonyms:
unreformable; unregenerate
Classified under:
Similar:
incorrigible (impervious to correction by punishment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not reformed morally or spiritually
Example:
unregenerate conservatism
Synonyms:
unregenerate; unregenerated
Classified under:
Similar:
cussed; obdurate; obstinate; unrepentant (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing)
impenitent (impervious to moral persuasion)
unconverted; unpersuaded (not converted)
Also:
lost (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed)
impenitent; unremorseful; unrepentant (not penitent or remorseful)
Antonym:
regenerate (reformed spiritually or morally)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Synonyms:
obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
strong-minded; strong-willed (having a determined will)
stiff-necked (haughtily stubborn)
hardheaded; mulish (unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack)
determined (devoting full strength and concentrated attention to)
contrarious; cross-grained (difficult to deal with)
dogged; dour; persistent; pertinacious; tenacious; unyielding (stubbornly unyielding)
bullet-headed; bullheaded; pigheaded (obstinate and stupid)
bolshy; stroppy (obstreperous)
bloody-minded; cantankerous (stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate)
Also:
disobedient (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority)
inflexible; sturdy; uncompromising (not making concessions)
intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)
