Stubborn
adjective
Not willing to change or give up a plan, idea, or attitude, even when it is not reasonable.
He is too stubborn to admit that he was wrong.
Often appears as...
- stubborn resistance
- stubborn refusal
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Disapproving
adjective
Difficult to move, remove, or cure.
The stain is quite stubborn and won't come out.
Often appears as...
- stubborn stain
- stubborn problem
adjective
Not willing to change or give up a plan, idea, or attitude, even when it is not reasonable.
He is too stubborn to admit that he was wrong.
Often appears as...
- stubborn resistance
- stubborn refusal
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Difficult to move, remove, or cure.
The stain is quite stubborn and won't come out.
Often appears as...
- stubborn stain
- stubborn problem
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often suggests a person is unreasonably rigid and difficult to work with.
His stubborn attitude made negotiations impossible.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Spin
Can imply perseverance despite challenges, often admired.
Her stubborn determination led her to success.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe deep emotional commitment to an idea or plan.
Despite the risks, he remained stubborn in his beliefs.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often suggests a person is unreasonably rigid and difficult to work with.
His stubborn attitude made negotiations impossible.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Spin
Can imply perseverance despite challenges, often admired.
Her stubborn determination led her to success.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe deep emotional commitment to an idea or plan.
Despite the risks, he remained stubborn in his beliefs.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often suggests a person is unreasonably rigid and difficult to work with.
His stubborn attitude made negotiations impossible.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Spin
Can imply perseverance despite challenges, often admired.
Her stubborn determination led her to success.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe deep emotional commitment to an idea or plan.
Despite the risks, he remained stubborn in his beliefs.
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Blind Terrier PIPE Dog...
him yeah except I'm here to challenge him here if I tell him what everything is then I'm not help him understand so I'm really make him psychologically blind he knows it's there he's being stubborn okay found it he didn't know it was there if he was there he wouldn't eat it okay I'm not gonna put my hands
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
skeletal elements found in the fore limbs of land mammals they're comical stubbornness doesn't just make them great scratching aids but allows the flippers to conform to their bodies significantly reducing underwater drag powerful webbed hind flippers propel and steer them through the water large oily
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Why is it so hard to...
Figuring out how to target these stubborn cells might help prevent cancers from coming back. Even if we solved those problems, we might face new ones. Cancer cells are masters of adaptation, adjusting their molecular and cellular characteristics to survive under stress.
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How bones make blood -...
This phenomenon can help eradicate stubborn blood cancers. But bone marrow transplants also come with risks, including graft-versus-host disease. It happens when the immune system generated by the donor cells attacks the patient’s organs.
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The lie that invented...
and sent across the internet. And beneath those visible events, the stubborn data, the studies showing systemic racism in every institution we housing segregation, job discrimination, the deeply racialized inequities in our schools
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The mind behind Linux PIPE...
that's about being ... stubborn? That's about being stubborn. That's about, like, just starting something and not saying, "OK, I'm done, let's do something else -- shiny!" And I notice that in many other parts in my life, too.
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The deadly genius of...
We see that the nature of this phenomenon guarantees that they will. The question is whether we are willing to continue our support of a failed strategy based on our stubborn, blissful, voluntary ignorance
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What I learned as a...
Here I was, being stubborn towards a trained soldier with a gun. I looked at his eyes. He was just a boy. At that moment, he raised his rifle to hit me, but I saw that he was hesitating.
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
even when opaque, stubborn nations refuse to act. So what's the bottom line here? The bottom line is, we still live politically in a world of borders, a world of boundaries,
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The real meaning of soul...
closed soul and yet there's still something missing isn't that some spark some sense of energy of life but since I'm what you might call it a stubborn
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Blind Terrier PIPE Dog...
him yeah except I'm here to challenge him here if I tell him what everything is then I'm not help him understand so I'm really make him psychologically blind he knows it's there he's being stubborn okay found it he didn't know it was there if he was there he wouldn't eat it okay I'm not gonna put my hands
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
skeletal elements found in the fore limbs of land mammals they're comical stubbornness doesn't just make them great scratching aids but allows the flippers to conform to their bodies significantly reducing underwater drag powerful webbed hind flippers propel and steer them through the water large oily
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Why is it so hard to...
Figuring out how to target these stubborn cells might help prevent cancers from coming back. Even if we solved those problems, we might face new ones. Cancer cells are masters of adaptation, adjusting their molecular and cellular characteristics to survive under stress.
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How bones make blood -...
This phenomenon can help eradicate stubborn blood cancers. But bone marrow transplants also come with risks, including graft-versus-host disease. It happens when the immune system generated by the donor cells attacks the patient’s organs.
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The lie that invented...
and sent across the internet. And beneath those visible events, the stubborn data, the studies showing systemic racism in every institution we housing segregation, job discrimination, the deeply racialized inequities in our schools
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The mind behind Linux PIPE...
that's about being ... stubborn? That's about being stubborn. That's about, like, just starting something and not saying, "OK, I'm done, let's do something else -- shiny!" And I notice that in many other parts in my life, too.
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The deadly genius of...
We see that the nature of this phenomenon guarantees that they will. The question is whether we are willing to continue our support of a failed strategy based on our stubborn, blissful, voluntary ignorance
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What I learned as a...
Here I was, being stubborn towards a trained soldier with a gun. I looked at his eyes. He was just a boy. At that moment, he raised his rifle to hit me, but I saw that he was hesitating.
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
even when opaque, stubborn nations refuse to act. So what's the bottom line here? The bottom line is, we still live politically in a world of borders, a world of boundaries,
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The real meaning of soul...
closed soul and yet there's still something missing isn't that some spark some sense of energy of life but since I'm what you might call it a stubborn
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Eric Walters
Canadian Author
My family claims I think I'm always right, although I'm always willing to be proven wrong. I hold my opinions dearly, but you can always try to convince me differently, and if you do, I will hold that opinion dearly. I am decidedly stubborn and have been described as not having a type-A personality, but a quadruple-A personality.
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Julie Kagawa
American Author
I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as I go along. Occasionally, the characters surprise me, and I wonder how we got here. Other times, the characters are stubborn and won't do something I want them to in the story.
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Kate Bush
British Musician
My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Armenian Athlete
Everything comes from your mind. You have to push yourself to get things going in your direction. If you are stubborn, nothing will help. If you are sad, nothing will help. You have to keep positive and to work very well for your next chance.
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Cam
American Musician
I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's something I don't want to do, I don't do it. Maybe it's stubborn, but any choices, if you don't like them, yell at me, because it for sure was my bad.
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Bat for Lashes
English Musician
Mum says that, since I was a tiny baby, I've had the most strong-willed and stubborn personality known to man. Although that was a real pain for her, she admired my resolve.
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Alexander Herzen
Russian Journalist
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
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Sugar Ray Leonard
American Boxer
They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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Herbie Mann
American Musician
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.
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Cleveland Amory
American Historian
The facts of life are very stubborn things.
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Eric Walters
Canadian Author
My family claims I think I'm always right, although I'm always willing to be proven wrong. I hold my opinions dearly, but you can always try to convince me differently, and if you do, I will hold that opinion dearly. I am decidedly stubborn and have been described as not having a type-A personality, but a quadruple-A personality.
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Julie Kagawa
American Author
I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as I go along. Occasionally, the characters surprise me, and I wonder how we got here. Other times, the characters are stubborn and won't do something I want them to in the story.
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Kate Bush
British Musician
My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
Quote examples
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Armenian Athlete
Everything comes from your mind. You have to push yourself to get things going in your direction. If you are stubborn, nothing will help. If you are sad, nothing will help. You have to keep positive and to work very well for your next chance.
Quote examples
Cam
American Musician
I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's something I don't want to do, I don't do it. Maybe it's stubborn, but any choices, if you don't like them, yell at me, because it for sure was my bad.
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Bat for Lashes
English Musician
Mum says that, since I was a tiny baby, I've had the most strong-willed and stubborn personality known to man. Although that was a real pain for her, she admired my resolve.
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Alexander Herzen
Russian Journalist
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
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Sugar Ray Leonard
American Boxer
They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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Herbie Mann
American Musician
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.
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Cleveland Amory
American Historian
The facts of life are very stubborn things.
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