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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Bourbonism :: Bourbonism (n.) The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.
Stiffened :: Stiff-backed (a.) Obstinate.
Cobby :: Cobby (n.) Headstrong; obstinate.
Stomachic :: Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Hardened :: Hardened (a.) Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice..
Threap :: Threap (v. i.) To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
Restive :: Restive (a.) Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..
Proof-proof :: Proof-proof (a.) Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
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..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Obstinate; intractable.
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..
Headless :: Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Assish :: Assish (a.) Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.
Bullheaded :: Bullheaded (a.) Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.
Obstinate :: Obstinate (a.) Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions..
Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.
Intractable :: Intractable (a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child..
Set :: Set (a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices..
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