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Adjective: obstinate óbstunut- Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- stubborn, unregenerate - Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- cussed, obdurate, unrepentant - Resistant to guidance or discipline
"an obstinate child with a violent temper" - contrary, perverse, wayward Verb: obstinate óbstunut- Persist stubbornly
"he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
Derived forms: obstinated, obstinates, obstinating See also: bloody-minded [Brit], bolshie [Brit], bolshy [Brit], bullet-headed, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrarious, cross-grained, determined, disobedient, dogged, dour, hardheaded, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obstinance, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, stiff-necked, strong-minded, strong-willed, stroppy [Brit], sturdy, tenacious, uncompromising, unregenerate, unregenerated, unyielding Type of: hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist |