Obstinate
adjective
Stubborn and refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
I argued this point with my most obstinate opponent
Often appears as...
- obstinate child
- obstinate resistance
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Disapproving
adjective
Not easily yielding to treatment or cure.
The obstinate fever wouldn't lower no matter what remedy they tried
Often appears as...
- obstinate fever
- obstinate symptom
Usage tips
Neutral
Technical
adjective
Stubborn and refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
I argued this point with my most obstinate opponent
Often appears as...
- obstinate child
- obstinate resistance
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not easily yielding to treatment or cure.
The obstinate fever wouldn't lower no matter what remedy they tried
Often appears as...
- obstinate fever
- obstinate symptom
Usage tips
Neutral
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a criticism for being too determined or inflexible.
The obstinate player was benched for not following the coach's strategy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Stubborn
Use when someone resists change despite clear evidence or arguments.
He remained obstinate despite the experiment's repeated failure.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Can convey frustration when dealing with an uncooperative person or situation.
Her obstinate attitude made the negotiation process exhausting.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a criticism for being too determined or inflexible.
The obstinate player was benched for not following the coach's strategy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Stubborn
Use when someone resists change despite clear evidence or arguments.
He remained obstinate despite the experiment's repeated failure.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Can convey frustration when dealing with an uncooperative person or situation.
Her obstinate attitude made the negotiation process exhausting.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a criticism for being too determined or inflexible.
The obstinate player was benched for not following the coach's strategy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Stubborn
Use when someone resists change despite clear evidence or arguments.
He remained obstinate despite the experiment's repeated failure.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Can convey frustration when dealing with an uncooperative person or situation.
Her obstinate attitude made the negotiation process exhausting.
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Why Public Beheadings...
was partly to do with being more humane towards the criminal, but it was also partly because the crowd obstinately refused to behave in the way that they should. All too often, execution day was more like a carnival than a solemn ceremony.
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Living in a shadow PIPE...
she refuses to have her own baby though berry begs her she's afraid of what would happen if she were to die who you might be asking is the real murder grief is slow and the stuff of the Dead is obstinate a few years ago Claire
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Stealing the Baboon's...
they're growing bolder by the second the more obstinate the baboon becomes the
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Why Public Beheadings...
was partly to do with being more humane towards the criminal, but it was also partly because the crowd obstinately refused to behave in the way that they should. All too often, execution day was more like a carnival than a solemn ceremony.
Video examples
Living in a shadow PIPE...
she refuses to have her own baby though berry begs her she's afraid of what would happen if she were to die who you might be asking is the real murder grief is slow and the stuff of the Dead is obstinate a few years ago Claire
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Stealing the Baboon's...
they're growing bolder by the second the more obstinate the baboon becomes the
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Quote examples
Jules Verne
French Author
However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous.
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Peter Stormare
Swedish Actor
When I was in school, they say everybody can do art. And I was, like, a little bit obstinate - not an anarchist, but I was always asking questions. I said, 'Isn't art supposed to be difficult?' If we can all do art, then it's not really art. It's supposed to be difficult.
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Philip Schultz
American Poet
I do think that there is a profound reservoir of creativity and imagination in everyone I've ever met, and sometimes if someone is persistent and perversely obstinate enough to persevere, then they want to be helped. There is a way to help them.
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Barbra Streisand
American Actress
What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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Akhenaton
Egyptian Statesman
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
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Jean de la Bruyere
French Philosopher
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.
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Francoise Sagan
French Playwright
All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alter his creed or his customs.
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Mary Shelley
English Author
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.
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Jules Verne
French Author
However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous.
Quote examples
Peter Stormare
Swedish Actor
When I was in school, they say everybody can do art. And I was, like, a little bit obstinate - not an anarchist, but I was always asking questions. I said, 'Isn't art supposed to be difficult?' If we can all do art, then it's not really art. It's supposed to be difficult.
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Philip Schultz
American Poet
I do think that there is a profound reservoir of creativity and imagination in everyone I've ever met, and sometimes if someone is persistent and perversely obstinate enough to persevere, then they want to be helped. There is a way to help them.
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Barbra Streisand
American Actress
What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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Akhenaton
Egyptian Statesman
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
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Jean de la Bruyere
French Philosopher
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.
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Francoise Sagan
French Playwright
All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alter his creed or his customs.
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Mary Shelley
English Author
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.
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