Defenition of the word obstinate

• Defenition of the word obstinate

  • Persisting in a reactionary stand.
  • Resistant to guidance or discipline.
  • resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
  • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  • persisting in a reactionary stand
  • persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
  • persist stubbornly
  • resistant to guidance or discipline
  • tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

Synonyms for the word obstinate

• • adamant
  • contrary
  • cussed
  • determined
  • fixed
  • headstrong
  • inflexible
  • mulish
  • obdurate
  • persistent
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • stubborn
  • tenacious
  • unmoved
  • unregenerate
  • unrepentant
  • wayward

Similar words in the obstinate

• • disobedient
  • obstinate
  • obstinately
  • unreconstructed
  • unregenerate
  • unregenerated

Hypernyms for the word obstinate

• • hang in
  • hang on
  • hold on
  • persevere
  • persist

Idioms for the word obstinate

• • obstinate as a mule

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