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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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