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OBSTINATE
contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward
(adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline; “Mary Mary quite contrary”; “an obstinate child with a violent temper”; “a perverse mood”; “wayward behavior”
cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant
(adjective) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
(adjective) tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
obstinate
(verb) persist stubbornly; “he obstinates himself against all rational arguments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
obstinate (comparative more obstinate, superlative most obstinate)
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.
Synonyms
• (stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course): bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious
• (not easily subdued): persistent, unrelenting, inexorable
• See also obstinate
Anagrams
• obestatin, obtainest
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"sti*nate, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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