obstinate

1. Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield (synset 302334687)
   also:

   • inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising - not making concessions
   • disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
   • intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
   similar to:

   • bloody-minded, cantankerous - stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
   • bolshy, stroppy - obstreperous
   • bullet-headed, bullheaded, pigheaded - obstinate and stupid
   • dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding - stubbornly unyielding
   • contrarious, cross-grained - difficult to deal with
   • determined - devoting full strength and concentrated attention to
   • hardheaded, mulish - unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
   • stiff-necked - haughtily stubborn
   • strong-minded, strong-willed - having a determined will
   same as: stubborn, unregenerate
2. Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing (synset 301964522)
   similar to: unregenerate, unregenerated - not reformed morally or spiritually
   same as: cussed, obdurate, unrepentant
3. Resistant to guidance or discipline (synset 301618393)
   "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
   similar to: disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
   same as: contrary, perverse, wayward

1. Persist stubbornly (synset 200351543)
   "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
   is a type of: hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist - be persistent, refuse to stop

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