obstinate Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- perverse
- adamantine
- obsessive
- immovable
- dogged
- strict
- intransigent
- implacable
- uncompromising
- headstrong
- steadfast
- pat
- willful
- unyielding
- pigheaded
- determined
- ossified
- unbending
- inflexible
- hard
- mulish
- persistent
- self-willed
- obdurate
- bullheaded
- stiff-necked
- pertinacious
- hardened
- unrelenting
- wilful
- hardheaded
- opinionated
Weak:
- firm
- hard-nosed
- stern
- insubordinate
- cantankerous
- wayward
- froward
- contrary
- unruly
- anal-retentive
- invincible
- relentless
- unmanageable
- recalcitrant
- iron
- rigid
- confirmed
- ungovernable
- refractory
- contumacious
- disobedient
- hell-bent
- exacting
- mutinous
- demanding
- hard-shelled
- severe
- inconvincible
- uncooperative
- self-opinionated
- cussed
- hidebound
- deaf-to-reason
- set
- unconquerable
- resolved
- bloody-minded
- hard-shell
- defiant
- stouthearted
- unflinching
- hard-line
- inexorable
- insurgent
- narrow-minded
- indomitable
- tenacious
- unregenerate
- inveterate
- wrongheaded
- single-minded
- intractable
Strongest:
- willing
- compliant
- docile
- yielding
- pliant
- responsive
- agreeable
- accepting
- obedient
- tractable
- flexible
- submissive
- accepting
- amenable
- receptive
- flexible
- willing
- tractable
- obedient
- amenable
- docile
- complying
- submissive
- acquiescent
- complying
- responsive
- acquiescent
- compliant
- pliant
- yielding
- pliable
- agreeable
- receptive
- pliable
Strong:
- relenting
- manageable
- reasonable
- relenting
- persuadable
- temperate
- placable
- persuadable
- reasonable
- temperate
- manageable
- placable
Weak:
obstinate Meaning
obstinate (v)
persist stubbornly
obstinate (a)
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
obstinate (s)
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
resistant to guidance or discipline
obstinate (a.)
Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
obstinate Sentence Examples
- The obstinate child refused to obey his parents, despite their repeated requests.
- The politician remained obstinate in his beliefs, even when presented with overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
- The stubborn mule was an obstinate animal, refusing to move even when prodded.
- The obstinate patient refused to take the medication prescribed by his doctor.
- The obstinate employee argued endlessly with his boss, refusing to accept the company's policies.
- The obstinate scientist clung to his outdated theory, despite the fact that it had been proven false.
- The obstinate witness refused to testify in court, even after being subpoenaed.
- The obstinate driver refused to pull over for a speeding violation, leading to a high-speed chase.
- The obstinate neighbor refused to allow the construction of a new road that would improve access to the community.
- The obstinate union refused to compromise in labor negotiations, leading to a prolonged strike.
FAQs About the word obstinate
persist stubbornly, tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield, stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing, resistant to guidance or disciplin
stubborn, adamant, perverse, adamantine, obsessive, immovable, dogged, strict, intransigent, implacable
willing, compliant, docile, yielding, pliant, responsive, agreeable, accepting, obedient, tractable
The obstinate child refused to obey his parents, despite their repeated requests.
The politician remained obstinate in his beliefs, even when presented with overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
The stubborn mule was an obstinate animal, refusing to move even when prodded.
The obstinate patient refused to take the medication prescribed by his doctor.
