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Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..

Supple :: Supple (a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse..

Doggedness :: Doggedness (n.) Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..

Obstinate :: Obstinate (a.) Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness..

Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

Threap :: Threap (v. i.) To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.

Recusant :: Recusant (n.) One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.

Inveterate :: Inveterate (a.) Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse..

Bigot :: Bigot (n.) A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion..

Dogged :: Dogged (a.) Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work..

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..

Stiffish :: Stiff-hearted (a.) Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.

Stoutness :: Stoutly (adv.) In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself..

Headstrong :: Headstrong (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.

Stomachy :: Stomachous (a.) Stout; sullen; obstinate.

Opinionated :: Opinionated (a.) Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.

Stuffy :: Stuffy (a.) Angry and obstinate; sulky.

Willsome :: Willsome (a.) Willful; obstinate.

Doggedly :: Doggedly (adv.) In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.

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