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Obstinate
Obstinate Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Obstinate?
[adj] persisting in a reactionary stand
[adj] resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
[adj] stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
[v] persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Obstinate: contrary |
cussed |
disobedient |
obdurate |
perverse |
stubborn |
unreconstructed |
unregenerate |
unregenerated |
unrepentant |
wayward
Related Terms | Find terms related to Obstinate: adamant |
adherent |
adhesive |
adversary |
adversative |
adverse |
alien |
antagonistic |
anti |
antipathetic |
antithetic |
assiduous |
balking |
balky |
beefy |
bigoted |
bloody-minded |
bouncing |
bound |
bound and determined |
bulldogged |
bulldoggish |
bulldoggy |
bulletheaded |
bullheaded |
case-hardened |
clashing |
clingy |
closed to |
closed-minded |
committed |
competitive |
con |
conflicting |
constant |
continuing |
contradictory |
contrary |
contumacious |
costive |
counter |
crabbed |
cross |
deaf |
decided |
decisive |
dedicated |
definite |
determined |
devoted |
diligent |
disaccordant |
disobedient |
dissentient |
dogged |
dogmatic |
doughty |
dour |
earnest |
enduring |
enemy |
faithful |
fanatic |
firm |
fixed |
forceful |
forcible |
forcy |
fractious |
froward |
full-blooded |
full-strength |
fundamentalist |
gluey |
glutinous |
gummy |
gutsy |
gutty |
hale |
hard |
hard as nails |
hardheaded |
hardy |
headstrong |
hearty |
hefty |
hidebound |
hostile |
husky |
immovable |
immutable |
impersuadable |
impersuasible |
impervious |
impliable |
inalterable |
indefatigable |
indisciplined |
indomitable |
industrious |
inexorable |
inflexible |
inimical |
insistent |
intolerant |
intractable |
intransigent |
invincible |
iron |
ironbound |
ironclad |
ironhanded |
iron-hard |
lasting |
lawless |
loyal |
lusty |
mighty |
mulish |
muscle-bound |
naughty |
negative |
nervy |
never-tiring |
nonconforming |
noncooperative |
obdurate |
obstipated |
opinionated |
opponent |
opposed |
opposing |
opposite |
oppositional |
oppositive |
oppugnant |
orthodox |
overthwart |
overzealous |
patient |
patient as Job |
permanent |
perseverant |
persevering |
persistent |
persisting |
pertinacious |
perverse |
pigheaded |
plodding |
plugging |
potent |
powerful |
preoccupied |
procrustean |
puissant |
purist |
puristic |
puritan |
puritanic |
purposeful |
rapt |
rebellious |
recalcitrant |
recusant |
red-blooded |
refractory |
relentless |
renitent |
repugnant |
resistant |
resolute |
resolved |
restive |
rigid |
rigorist |
rigoristic |
rigorous |
rival |
robust |
robustious |
rockbound |
rugged |
sedulous |
self-adhesive |
self-willed |
serious |
set |
sincere |
single-minded |
sleepless |
slogging |
sot |
stable |
stalwart |
staunch |
steadfast |
steady |
steely |
stickable |
sticky |
stiff |
stiff-necked |
stony |
stout |
straightlaced |
straitlaced |
strapping |
strong |
strong as brandy |
strong as strong |
strongheaded |
strong-willed |
stubborn |
sturdy |
sulky |
sullen |
tacky |
tenacious |
tireless |
tough |
transgressive |
unabating |
unamenable |
unbending |
unchangeable |
uncomplying |
uncompromising |
unconquerable |
uncooperative |
undaunted |
undisciplined |
undiscouraged |
undrooping |
unduteous |
undutiful |
unfailing |
unfaltering |
unfavorable |
unflagging |
unflinching |
unfriendly |
unimpressionable |
uninfluenceable |
unintermitting |
uninterrupted |
unmovable |
unmoving |
unnodding |
unpersuadable |
unpliable |
unpliant |
unpropitious |
unreceptive |
unregenerate |
unrelaxing |
unrelenting |
unremitting |
unresponsive |
unsleeping |
unsubmissive |
unsuggestible |
unsusceptible |
unswayable |
unswerving |
untiring |
unwavering |
unwearied |
unwearying |
unwinking |
unyielding |
utterly attentive |
vigorous |
violative |
viscid |
wayward |
weariless |
wholehearted |
willful |
withstanding |
wrongheaded
See Also | hang in |
hang on |
hold on |
persevere |
persist
Obstinate In Webster's Dictionary
\Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare
to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see
{Ob-}) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See {Stand},
and cf.{Destine}.]
1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course;
persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other
means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying
unreasonableness.
I have known great cures done by obstinate
resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W.
Temple.
No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope.
Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth.
2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
fever; obstinate obstructions.
Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}. --
{Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"sti*nate*ness}, n.
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