obstinate
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, a. [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.
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I have known great cures done by obstinate
resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W.
Temple.
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No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope.
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Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth.
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2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
fever; obstinate obstructions.
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Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}.
[1913 Webster] -- {Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adv. --
{Ob"sti*nate*ness}, n.
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from
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the
splendor and stress of our advocacy.
The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most
intelligent animal.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
281 Moby Thesaurus words for "obstinate":
adamant, adherent, adhesive, adversary, adversative, adverse,
alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, assiduous,
balking, balky, beefy, bigoted, bloody-minded, bouncing, bound,
bound and determined, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy,
bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, clashing, clingy,
closed to, closed-minded, committed, competitive, con, conflicting,
constant, continuing, contradictory, contrary, contumacious,
costive, counter, crabbed, cross, deaf, decided, decisive,
dedicated, definite, determined, devoted, diligent, disaccordant,
disobedient, dissentient, dogged, dogmatic, doughty, dour, earnest,
enduring, enemy, faithful, fanatic, firm, fixed, forceful,
forcible, forcy, fractious, froward, full-blooded, full-strength,
fundamentalist, gluey, glutinous, gummy, gutsy, gutty, hale, hard,
hard as nails, hardheaded, hardy, headstrong, hearty, hefty,
hidebound, hostile, husky, immovable, immutable, impersuadable,
impersuasible, impervious, impliable, inalterable, indefatigable,
indisciplined, indomitable, industrious, inexorable, inflexible,
inimical, insistent, intolerant, intractable, intransigent,
invincible, iron, iron-hard, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded,
lasting, lawless, loyal, lusty, mighty, mulish, muscle-bound,
naughty, negative, nervy, never-tiring, nonconforming,
noncooperative, obdurate, obstipated, opinionated, opponent,
opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant,
orthodox, overthwart, overzealous, patient, patient as Job,
permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting,
pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, plodding, plugging, potent,
powerful, preoccupied, procrustean, puissant, purist, puristic,
puritan, puritanic, purposeful, rapt, rebellious, recalcitrant,
recusant, red-blooded, refractory, relentless, renitent, repugnant,
resistant, resolute, resolved, restive, rigid, rigorist,
rigoristic, rigorous, rival, robust, robustious, rockbound, rugged,
sedulous, self-adhesive, self-willed, serious, set, sincere,
single-minded, sleepless, slogging, sot, stable, stalwart, staunch,
steadfast, steady, steely, stickable, sticky, stiff, stiff-necked,
stony, stout, straightlaced, straitlaced, strapping, strong,
strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, strongheaded,
stubborn, sturdy, sulky, sullen, tacky, tenacious, tireless, tough,
transgressive, unabating, unamenable, unbending, unchangeable,
uncomplying, uncompromising, unconquerable, uncooperative,
undaunted, undisciplined, undiscouraged, undrooping, unduteous,
undutiful, unfailing, unfaltering, unfavorable, unflagging,
unflinching, unfriendly, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable,
unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmovable, unmoving, unnodding,
unpersuadable, unpliable, unpliant, unpropitious, unreceptive,
unregenerate, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unresponsive,
unsleeping, unsubmissive, unsuggestible, unsusceptible, unswayable,
unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking,
unyielding, utterly attentive, vigorous, violative, viscid,
wayward, weariless, wholehearted, willful, withstanding,
wrongheaded
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