adamant
| ˈæ | d | ə | m | ə | n | t |
| sat | do | son | man | son | now | tea |
Note : Primary stress at æ.
Definition : impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"