unrepentant.

1. Not regretting or expressing remorse for conduct regarded as wrong.

2. Continuing in a preference or habit without apology, often in a humorous or approving use.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• an unrepentant offender
• an unrepentant response

On the page

The unrepentant response deepened the anger his admission had caused.

She described him as unrepentant, though he disputed that the action had been wrong.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more unrepentant; superlative most unrepentant where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.