obstinate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - verb

persist stubbornly
- he obstinates himself against all rational arguments
• Derivationally related forms:
obstinance
• Hypernyms:
persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

II - adjective

1. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
• Syn:
stubborn, unregenerate
• Ant:
docile (for: stubborn)
• Similar to:
bloody-minded, cantankerous, bolshy, stroppy, bullheaded,
bullet-headed, pigheaded, dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious,
tenacious, unyielding, contrarious, cross-grained, determined, hardheaded,
mulish, stiff-necked, strong-minded, strong-willed
• See Also:
disobedient, intractable, uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible
• Derivationally related forms:
stubbornness (for: stubborn)
2. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
• Syn:
cussed, obdurate, unrepentant
• Similar to:
unregenerate, unregenerated
• Derivationally related forms:
cussedness (for: cussed)
3. resistant to guidance or discipline
- Mary Mary quite contrary
- an obstinate child with a violent temper
- a perverse mood
- wayward behavior
• Syn:
contrary, perverse, wayward
• Similar to:
disobedient
• Derivationally related forms:
perverseness (for: perverse), perversity (for: perverse), contrariness (for: contrary)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  contrary, perverse, wayward, cussed, obdurate, unrepentant, stubborn, unregenerate