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Word | Obstinate |
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing / persist stubbornly / Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course / stubborn; hard to control or treat / an opening in or near a volcano, through which hot sulfurous gases emerge. / refusing to change your behavior or your ideas / difficult to deal with, remove, etc., | |
Usage | ⇒ Adolescents find parents obstinate ⇒ Blackberry stickers are the most obstinate weeds I know; once established in a yard, they're extremely hard to root out. ⇒ his obstinate refusal to obey ⇒ Some geologists noted similarities between the lakes' steaming cracks and the fumaroles of volcano craters - and wondered if magma might be brewing there. |
Synonyms | stubborn, obdurate, inflexible, unyielding, dogged, determined, uncompromising, headstrong, intractable, firm, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, adamant, contrary, mulish, pigheaded, tenacious, rigid, hard, |
Antonyms | docile, flexible, yielding, submissive, agreeable, amenable, compliant, obedient, biddable, complaisant, cooperative, pliant, regenerate, tractable, willing, acquiescent, adaptable, conformable, ductile, dutiful, |
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