Obstinate

adjective
'ɑbstənɪt

Adjective

  • resistant to guidance or discipline

    an obstinate child with a violent temper

  • tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

    Similar:StubbornUnregenerate
    See also:IntractableInflexibleDisobedient
  • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

    Similar:CussedObdurateUnrepentant

Verb

  • persist stubbornly

    he obstinates himself against all rational arguments

    Type of:PerseverePersist

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