Definition of obstinate

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Obstinate (a.) 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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Bigoted :: Bigoted (a.) Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others..
Donkey :: Donkey (n.) A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
Recusant :: Recusant (a.) Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord..
Stomachic :: Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..
Hardened :: Hardened (a.) Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice..
Stick-seed :: Stickler (v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..
Stoutness :: Stoutly (adv.) In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself..
Cobby :: Cobby (n.) Headstrong; obstinate.
Wronghead :: Wronghead (n.) A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
Bigotry :: Bigotry (n.) The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them..
Headstrong :: Headstrong (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
Heresy :: Heresy (n.) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained..
Willful :: Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse..
Dogged :: Dogged (a.) Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work..
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
Supple :: Supple (a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse..
Impersuadable :: Impersuadable (a.) Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.
Dour :: Dour (a.) Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
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