obstinate (adj.)

  1. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

    [ Syn: stubborn , unregenerate ]

  2. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

    [ Syn: cussed , obdurate , unrepentant ]

  3. resistant to guidance or discipline; Mary Mary quite contrary; an obstinate child with a violent temper; a perverse mood; wayward behavior

    [ Syn: contrary , perverse , wayward ]

    obstinate (v.)

  1. persist stubbornly; he obstinates himself against all rational arguments'

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