stubborn (a)
obstinate (a)
unregenerate#1 (a)

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def tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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Also see disobedient; intractable; uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible
Derivationally related form stubborn → stubbornness
Antonym stubborn → docile
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
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Also see disobedient; intractable
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
Antonym docile → stubborn
Derived from adjective stubbornly → stubborn
Derivationally related form stubbornness → stubborn

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