Obstinate Definition & Meaning
obstinate
- adjective
- tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
- verb
- persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
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