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obstinate
ob‧sti‧nate/ˈɒbstənət, ˈɒbstɪnət $ ˈɑːb-/ adjective [date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : past participle of obstinare 'to be determined'] 1. determined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable SYN stubborn: ▪ He was the most obstinate man I’ve ever met. ▪ Don’t be so obstinate! ▪ an obstinate refusal to obey
2. [ONLY BEFORE NOUN] British English difficult to deal with or get rid of: ▪ obstinate stains ▪ a complex and obstinate issue
—obstinately adverb
—obstinacy noun [UNCOUNTABLE] • • • THESAURUS ▪stubborn refusing to change your mind, even when people think you are wrong or are being unreasonable : ▪ Dave can be really stubborn once he’s made up his mind. ▪ a stubborn old man ▪obstinate very stubborn, in way that is annoying and unreasonable : ▪ I have never met anyone so obstinate. ▪ his obstinate refusal to compromise ▪pig-headed informal refusing to change your mind, even when people think that what you want to do is stupid : ▪ I told her she was making a big mistake but she was too pig-headed to listen. ▪ I wish you’d stop being so pig-headed! ▪headstrong very determined to do what you want, often without thinking about the results of your actions – used especially about young people : ▪ As a girl, she had been lively and headstrong. ▪ the headstrong impulsiveness of youth ▪wilful British English (also willful American English) doing what you want, even after you have been told to stop, or when you know that it is wrong – used especially about children : ▪ He was a spoiled and wilful child, who always got his own way. ▪ She was passionate and wilful – exactly the sort of creature a man ought to avoid. ▪ornery American English behaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do : ▪ an ornery kid ▪ Teenagers can be ornery and rude.
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a stubborn/obstinate refusal (=a refusal even when others think this is unreasonable) ▪ Her stubborn refusal to admit the truth was trying his patience. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN refusal ▪ Ballater sensed obstinate refusal rather than a willingness to bargain. ▪ The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry. ▪ A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an obstinate refusal to face facts ▪ Ed is being obstinate again. ▪ How do you deal with an obstinate teenager who always says she isn't hungry? ▪ You know I'm right really. You're just being obstinate. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer. ▪ An obstinate fellow, if ever there was one, and a very elusive one too. ▪ Good advice you just have to give way to these obstinate creatures. ▪ Old dirt is obstinate and also begins to destroy the fibres if left. ▪ She had an obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes. ▪ The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry. ▪ Those words of my New Hampshire neighbor seem to mock my trivial but obstinate frustration.
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