ironclad resolve
- noun
- Despite the challenges, her ironclad resolve never wavered throughout the ordeal.
Examples
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The team's ironclad resolve helped them overcome every obstacle in their path.
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He approached every task with ironclad resolve, refusing to quit or make excuses.
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She faced the challenges with ironclad resolve!
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His ironclad resolve helped him overcome every obstacle.
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Despite the challenges, her ironclad resolve never wavered throughout the ordeal.
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He approached every task with ironclad resolve, refusing to quit or make excuses.
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The team's ironclad resolve helped them overcome every obstacle in their path.
Synonyms
Strong determination to do something and not give up
Very strong determination not to give up
A very strong will to keep trying no matter what
A strong determination not to give up when things are hard
Antonyms
How Determined
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'ironclad' (unbreakable, indisputable) combined with the noun 'resolve' (determination) yields a directly compositional meaning of an unbreakable or unwavering determination. This adjective–noun combination follows standard English semantics and is immediately inferable by a learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Ironclad resolve uses the strong image of something covered in iron so it cannot be broken. One popular picture is a ship or suit of armor wrapped in iron plates that do not break, so ironclad means very strong and protected and resolve means firm determination, and the phrase means 'a determination that cannot be changed or weakened'.