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Obstinate   /ˈɑbstənət/   Listen
Obstinate

adjective
1.
Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.  Synonyms: stubborn, unregenerate.  Antonym: docile.
2.
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.  Synonyms: cussed, obdurate, unrepentant.
3.
Resistant to guidance or discipline.  Synonyms: contrary, perverse, wayward.  "An obstinate child with a violent temper" , "A perverse mood" , "Wayward behavior"
verb
1.
Persist stubbornly.






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"Obstinate" Quotes from Famous Books



... informed him were afraid of encountering the blind and obstinate faith of the General, had they ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... own pretty face, blushing within the prim little bonnet. The third pilgrim now took up the conversation. He was a sunburnt countryman, of tall frame and bony strength, on whose rude and manly face there appeared a darker, more sullen and obstinate despondency, than on those of either the ...
— The Snow Image • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... all the surrounding Arabs. [Arabic]. The high spirited Mezeine however rejected the offer, as derogatory to their free born condition, and addressed themselves to the Aleygat, who readily admitted them to their brotherhood and all their pastures. Long and obstinate wars between the Szowaleha and Aleygat were the consequence of this compact. The two tribes fought, it is said, for forty years; and in the greatest and the last battle, which took place in Wady Barak, the Mezeine decided the contest in favour ...
— Travels in Syria and the Holy Land • John Burckhardt

... a trough to lead from the waterline to the pit occupied by the obstinate shell. Of course the thing living in or under that covering might be only too familiar with salt water. But it had placed its burrow, or hiding place, above the reach of the waves and so might be disconcerted by the sudden appearance of water in its bed. However, the scheme was worth ...
— Storm Over Warlock • Andre Norton

... remonstrances of his father, continued obstinate, and said, "My travelling is inevitable: grant me then permission, or I will put myself to death." "If so," exclaimed the affrighted sultan, "there is no refuge or help but from the omnipotent Allah: well has the proverb remarked, that the nestling would ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous


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