unregenerate

• Veraltetes Adjektiv für einen Menschen, der hartnäckig ablehnt, seine Gewohnheiten oder Überzeugungen zu ändern, oft in moralischem oder religiösem Zusammenhang.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is stubbornly refusing to change their ways or beliefs, often in a moral or religious context.

1. Stubbornly unwilling to changeC2formal

   Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield or adapt.

   Stur nicht ändern wollend

   • He remained an unregenerate conservative despite the changing times.
   • Her unregenerate attitude made it impossible to negotiate.
   • The unregenerate old man refused to use a smartphone.

   Synonymeadamantinflexibleintransigentobdurateobstinaterecalcitrantrigidstubbornuncompromisingunyielding

   Antonymeadaptableamenablecontriteflexiblepenitentreformablerepentantyielding

2. Not morally or spiritually reformedC2formal

   Not having undergone moral or spiritual improvement or conversion.

   Unverbesserlich

   • The preacher spoke of the unregenerate soul needing salvation.
   • He lived an unregenerate life, full of vice and selfishness.
   • The novel's villain is a thoroughly unregenerate character.

   Synonymehardenedimpenitentincorrigibleobdurateunconvertedunreformedunrepentant

   Antonymeconvertedredeemedreformedregeneratesaved

3. Unrepentant and irreformableC2formal

   Showing no regret for past actions and incapable of being reformed.

   Reuelos und unverbesserlich

   • The unregenerate criminal showed no remorse in court.
   • She was an unregenerate liar, even when caught red-handed.
   • His unregenerate nature made rehabilitation efforts futile.

   Synonymehardenedimpenitentincorrigibleobdurateunreformedunrepentant

   Antonymecontritepenitentreformableremorsefulrepentant