English > obstinate: 4 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield. |
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| Synonyms | stubborn, unregenerate |
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| Narrower | bloody-minded, cantankerous | stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate |
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| bolshy, stroppy | obstreperous |
| bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded | obstinate and stupid |
| contrarious, cross-grained | Difficult to deal with |
| determined | devoting full strength and concentrated attention to |
| dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding | stubbornly unyielding |
| hardheaded, mulish | unreasonably rigid / rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack |
| stiff-necked | haughtily stubborn |
| strong-minded, strong-willed | Having a determined will |
| See also | disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority |
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| intractable | not tractable |
| uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible | not making concessions |
| Opposite | docile | willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed |
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| Spanish | cabezota, obstinada, obstinado, pertinaz, reaccionaria, terco, testarudo, tozudo |
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| Catalan | obstinat, pertinaç, tossut |
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