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- Dictionarystubborn/ˈstʌbən/
adjective
- 1. having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so: "a stubborn refusal to learn from experience" Similar Opposite
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Synonyms for STUBBORN: adamant, steadfast, obstinate, hardened, intransigent, bullheaded, headstrong, wilful; Antonyms of STUBBORN: flexible, compliant, pliable, amenable, agreeable, obedient, acquiescent, docile.
- Some common synonyms of stubborn are dogged, mulish, obstinate, and pertinacious. While all these words mean "fixed and unyielding in course or pur...
- The meanings of dogged and stubborn largely overlap; however, dogged suggests an admirable often tenacious and unwavering persistence. // pursued t...
- Although the words mulish and stubborn have much in common, mulish implies a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy. // a mulish determination to have h...
- The synonyms obstinate and stubborn are sometimes interchangeable, but obstinate implies usually an unreasonable persistence. // an obstinate propo...
- While in some cases nearly identical to stubborn, pertinacious suggests an annoying or irksome persistence. // a pertinacious salesclerk refusing t...
1. a(1) : unreasonably or perversely unyielding : mulish. (2) : justifiably unyielding : resolute. b. : suggestive or typical of a strong stubborn nature. a stubborn jaw. 2. : performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate, or persistent manner. stubborn effort. 3. : difficult to handle, manage, or treat. a stubborn cold. 4. : lasting.
A stubborn person holds on to a view or an attitude, refusing to change — to the point of being unreasonable. Things can also be stubborn, like a stain that no amount of scrubbing can clean or a medical condition that, even with treatment, doesn't improve.
Stubborn definition: unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving. See examples of STUBBORN used in a sentence.
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(often disapproving) determined not to change your opinion or attitude synonym obstinate. He was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong. She can be as stubborn as a mule (= extremely stubborn). stubborn pride. a stubborn resistance to change. a stubborn refusal to listen. She has inherited her mother’s stubborn streak. Extra Examples.
