unamenable
Not open to
Unamenable means not responsive or open to something—unwilling to yield or cooperate: He remained unamenable to compromise.
Someone unamenable to reason can't be persuaded by argument.
The word also describes things that resist a particular treatment or approach: a problem unamenable to simple solutions.
Stubbornly resistant to control
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- uncooperativeUnwilling to assist others
- noncompliantFailing to conform
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
contrary · willful · headstrong · obdurate · stubborn · mulish · pigheaded · bullheaded
Unable to be affected
- immuneProtected from harm
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- insusceptibleNot liable to influence
- unaffectedNot changed or influenced
unreceptive · closed-off · unsusceptible · impersuadable · unconvincible · proof · refractory · impenetrable
Unable to bend
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- fixedRestored or immovable
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
unbending · unmodifiable · set · stiff · invariable · hardened · ossified · petrified
recalcitrant
Stubbornly resistant to control
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- uncooperativeUnwilling to assist others
- noncompliantFailing to conform
intransigent · contrary · willful · headstrong · obdurate · stubborn · mulish · pigheaded · bullheaded · unsubmissive
impervious
Unable to be affected
- immuneProtected from harm
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- insusceptibleNot liable to influence
unaffected · unreceptive · closed-off · unsusceptible · impersuadable · unconvincible · proof · refractory · impenetrable · unswayable
rigid
Unable to bend
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- fixedRestored or immovable
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
unalterable · unbending · unmodifiable · set · stiff · invariable · hardened · ossified · petrified · unchanging
unamenableamenable
Willing to comply
compliant · cooperative · tractable · docile · accommodating
unamenableamenable
Willing to comply
responsive · receptive · susceptible · malleable · adaptable