budging
Giving way incrementally
Budging is moving or giving way, usually used in the negative.
Something that won't budge refuses to shift position.
A person who isn't budging on a decision won't change their mind.
The word implies stubborn resistance being tested: We pushed the boulder but it wasn't budging.
Gentle push to prompt
- shiftMovement or work period
- inchTwelfth of a foot
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- slideSmooth continuous movement
wiggle · stir · jostle · scoot · scooch · dislodge · displace · reposition
Becoming less severe
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
- acquiescingConsenting without protest
- capitulatingCeasing to resist
softening · bending · wavering · accommodating · compromising · surrendering · submitting · deferring
Incapable of being shifted
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- stubbornRefusing to change course
inflexible · adamant · steadfast · entrenched · unmoved · unswayed · rigid · firm
nudge
Gentle push to prompt
slide · wiggle · stir · jostle · scoot · scooch · dislodge · displace · reposition · ease
relenting
Becoming less severe
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
- acquiescingConsenting without protest
capitulating · softening · bending · wavering · accommodating · compromising · surrendering · submitting · deferring · obliging
immovable
Incapable of being shifted
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
stubborn · inflexible · adamant · steadfast · entrenched · unmoved · unswayed · rigid · firm · resolute
- repositioningshifting, moving, repositioning, relocating, rearranging
- displacementdislocation, dislodging, relocation, displacing, uprooting
budgingstaying
Continuing in place
remaining · standing still · staying put · immobile · rooted
budgingresisting
Actively opposing pressure
unbudging · unyielding · holding firm · refusing · holding out
budgingholding firm
Maintaining position resolutely
standing pat · digging in one's heels · maintaining · persisting · insisting