Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Refusing to change one's mind or course of action despite pressure to do so; unyielding or resolute. synonym: obstinate.
- adjective Characterized by a refusal to change one's mind or course of action; dogged or persistent.
- adjective Difficult to treat or deal with; resistant to treatment or effort.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make stubborn; render stiff, unyielding, enduring, or the like.
- Sturdy; stout; strong.
- Fixed or set in opinion or purpose; obstinately determined; inflexibly resolute; not to be moved by persuasion; unyielding.
- Persistently obdurate; obtuse to reason or right; obstinately perverse.
- Persistently pursued or practised; obstinately maintained; not readily abandoned or relinquished.
- Difficult of treatment or management; hard to deal with or handle; not easily manipulated; refractory; tough; unyielding; stiff.
- Harsh; rough; rude; coarse in texture or quality.
- Synonyms and Refractory, Intractable, etc. (see
obstinate ); wilful, headstrong, unruly, inflexible, obdurate, ungovernable, indocile, mulish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Refusing to
move or to change one'sopinion ;obstinate ;firmly resisting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not responding to treatment
- adjective tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In brackets Alesandra had written the word stubborn.
Castles and The Lion’s Lady Julie Garwood 1993
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Mayor Bloomberg for failing to have the will to end discrimination in the FDNY, which he termed a "stubborn bastion of white male privilege."
NYDN Rss JOHN MARZULLI 2012
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I have to be committed and remain stubborn to only fish for giant bass of the hugest proportions.
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AppRemover is a free application that specialises in stubborn, clingy security applications.
AppRemover Removes Stubborn Security Applications | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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You think being stubborn is the same as being right.
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I have to be committed and remain stubborn to only fish for giant bass of the hugest proportions.
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Are the Republicans just plain stubborn or do they worry that the Dems might just prevail.
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They stood by in stubborn refusal as Honda and Toyota developed and then sold hybrid cars, and as both Japanese and European auto makers have prototyped and now prepare to sell electric cars.
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Honey, stubborn is not the same as forward-thinking. 6 out of 6 fashion-forward thinkers agree: a vest simply is not a cardigan.
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We have followed all of the rules, so to take the nomination from him because some want to be stubborn is out of line.
Exit polls: Half of Clinton's supporters won't back Obama 2008
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