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Tenaciously unwilling to yield
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stubborn
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Word definitions for stubborn in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stubborn \Stub"born\, [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stu See Stub .] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a stubborn stain (= one that is hard to remove ) ▪ Lighter fuel can be used to remove more stubborn stains. a stubborn/obstinate refusal (= a refusal even when others think this is unreasonable ) ▪ Her stubborn ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting.
Usage examples of stubborn.
Kaiku had always been stubborn and wilful, but to be an Aberrant was surely indefensible?
On the 28th Clements was still advancing, and contracting still further the space which was occupied by our stubborn foe.
Aye, and Alienor could certainly benefit from a match with a man nigh as stubborn as herself.
And at my window hang you forth: devising Some monstrous crime, which I, in capital letters, Will eat into thy flesh with aquafortis, And burning corsives, on this stubborn breast.
She is a heroine out of a Barbara Pym novel: bookish, dependable, magnanimously stubborn, and no doubt beneath it all profoundly disappointed.
George was growing very stubborn, and although he might be persuaded to change his mind about certain matters by Lord Bute and his mother, Charlotte had never had the power to persuade him.
So stubborn was its consistency, that in conveying my heavily-weighted hand to my mouth, the connecting links almost raised the calabash from the mats on which it had been placed.
He was about to burst, Cesse was, telling me yet again how proud he is of his son, his brilliant, stubborn, wonderful son who would put himself into danger, make a hero of himself just to spite his papa.
Leader Dou Ling, a stubborn grime covered bastard who acted as if he were in command of the Nung Yahtsu.
She was a quiet, gray, dovelike woman, of an outer softness that masked a stubborn inner core.
I can cope with the aggressive man, the cunning man, the subtle man, the duplicitous man, the stubborn man, the stupid man.
Christa Kirklan is as stubborn as her Earthling heritage and as unpredictable as a cosmic storm.
Journal of Hadriax el Fex The dans have proven more resilient, more stubborn, than we believed they would.
There is a swimming pool and a fishpond behind the house, but these bodies of water are a stubborn, frothing, seething mess of algae in which monitor lizards float, their small faces hiding their large, hanging bodies, and in which there are scorpions and frogs in staggering numbers.
The land belongs to Gyer, but Jason de Burgh and his people are so stubborn over the matter that they refuse to give way.