contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward
(adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline; âMary Mary quite contraryâ; âan obstinate child with a violent temperâ; âa perverse moodâ; âwayward behaviorâ
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; âhe obstinates himself against all rational argumentsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course): bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious
• (not easily subdued): persistent, unrelenting, inexorable
• See also obstinate
• 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
7 January 2025
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; ââI canât tell you when the manager will arrive,â he said rather uninformativelyâ
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