Antonyms of adj unregenerate

3 senses of unregenerate

Sense 1
stubborn (vs. docile), obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)


Sense 2
unregenerate (vs. regenerate), unregenerated -- (not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism")

regenerate (vs. unregenerate) -- (reformed spiritually or morally; "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay")
        => born-again, converted, reborn -- (spiritually reborn or converted; "a born-again Christian")
        => reformed -- (caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard")

Sense 3
unreformable, unregenerate -- (unrepentant and incapable of being reformed; "an unregenerate criminal")

INDIRECT (VIA incorrigible) -> corrigible -- (capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner")

Similarity of adj unregenerate

3 senses of unregenerate

Sense 1
stubborn (vs. docile), obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
       => bloody-minded, cantankerous -- (stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator)
       => bolshy, stroppy -- (obstreperous)
       => bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded -- (obstinate and stupid)
       => dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding -- (stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion")
       => contrarious, cross-grained -- (difficult to deal with)
       => determined -- (devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters")
       => hardheaded, mulish -- (unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack)
       => stiff-necked -- (haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin")
       => strong-minded, strong-willed -- (having a determined will)
          Also See-> disobedient#1; intractable#1; uncompromising#1, sturdy#2, inflexible#2

Sense 2
unregenerate (vs. regenerate), unregenerated -- (not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism")
       => cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant -- (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing)
       => impenitent -- (impervious to moral persuasion)
       => unconverted, unpersuaded -- (not converted)
          Also See-> lost#3; impenitent#1, unrepentant#1, unremorseful#1

Sense 3
unreformable, unregenerate -- (unrepentant and incapable of being reformed; "an unregenerate criminal")
       => incorrigible (vs. corrigible) -- (impervious to correction by punishment)

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