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Obstinate adj.

Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; usually implying unreasonableness. "I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine." "No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate." "Of sense and outward things."

Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

Synonyms: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn.

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Etymology of 'Obstinate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Obstinate" Quotes from Famous Books

... "You're as obstinate as a mule, Stumpy," his brother said, in tones of irritation. "It'll come to it sooner or later. ...

— Greatheart • Ethel M. Dell

... speak, "Hans, confide in your wife. You see all your schemes without her fail. Open your heart to her—deal fairly, generously, and you will reap the merits of it." It was all in vain—he had not yet come to his senses. Obstinate as a mule—he determined to try once more. But good-by to the ass! The only thing he resolved to mount was his shop board—that bore him well, and brought him continued good, could he ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 • Various

... away well satisfied on the whole with the manner in which the affair was progressing, and with his management of it and of Maggie. Maggie was obstinate, to be sure; but he'd soon work that out of her. He was now fully convinced of the soundness of his explanation of Maggie's poor performance of that night: she had just had an ...

— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott

... here for some innocent purpose, to do a good deed that were better undone, as it so scares her. Turn back, you foolish, soft heart, and I shall say no more about it. Obstinate one, you saw the look on your husband's face as he left you. It is the studio light by which he paints and still sees to hope, despite all the disappointments of his not ignoble ambitions. That light is the ...

— The Little White Bird - or Adventures In Kensington Gardens • J. M. Barrie

... the royal chariot, requiting evil with good; for he regarded the kinship of his sister rather than her disposition, and took more thought for his own good name than of her iniquity. But the fair deeds of her brother did not make her obstinate and wonted hatred slacken a whit; she wore the spirit of her new husband with her design of slaying Frode and mastering the sovereignty of the Danes. For whatsoever design the mind has resolutely conceived, it is slow to quit; nor is a sin ...

— The Danish History, Books I-IX • Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")

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