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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Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
Doggedly :: Doggedly (adv.) In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.
Opinionated :: Opinionated (a.) Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.
Wronghead :: Wronghead (n.) A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
Threap :: Threap (n.) An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
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..
Threap :: Threap (v. t.) To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..
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..
Sulkies :: Sulky (n.) Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
Stomachic :: Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..
Refractorily :: Refractorily (adv.) In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.
Doggedness :: Doggedness (n.) Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.
Stomapod :: Stomachy (a.) Obstinate; sullen; haughty.
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..
Willsome :: Willsome (a.) Willful; obstinate.
Sturdy :: Sturdy (superl.) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.
Restive :: Restive (a.) Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
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