Obstinate

Adjective

 * 1) Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
 * 2) * 1686, Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, "That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended",
 * From this consideration it is that we have derived the custom, in times of war, to punish those who are obstinate to defend a place that by the rules of war is not tenable
 * 1) Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.
 * 2) * 1927, Gandhi, translated by Mahadev Desai, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Part IV, Chapter XXIX,
 * Now it happened that Kasturbai had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate.

Synonyms

 * bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious
 * persistent, unrelenting, inexorable
 * See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Derived terms

 * obstinately
 * obstinateness

Related terms

 * obstinacy

Adverbs for Obstinate
doggedly; willfully; inflexibly; stubbornly; astonishingly; disagreeably; dangerously; incorrigibly; surprisingly; naturally; wonderfully; unexpectedly; implacably; sternly; brutally; Inveterately; desperately; habitually; obnoxiously; obdurately; viciously;dreadfully.

Thesaurus
adamant, adherent, adhesive, adversary, adversative, adverse, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, assiduous, balking, balky, beefy, bigoted, bloody-minded, bouncing, bound, bound and determined, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, clashing, clingy, closed to, closed-minded, committed, competitive, con, conflicting, constant, continuing, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, costive, counter, crabbed, cross, deaf, decided, decisive, dedicated, definite, determined, devoted, diligent, disaccordant, disobedient, dissentient, dogged, dogmatic, doughty, dour, earnest, enduring, enemy, faithful, fanatic, firm, fixed, forceful, forcible, forcy, fractious, froward, full-blooded, full-strength, fundamentalist, gluey, glutinous, gummy, gutsy, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardheaded, hardy, headstrong, hearty, hefty, hidebound, hostile, husky, immovable, immutable, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious, impliable, inalterable, indefatigable, indisciplined, indomitable, industrious, inexorable, inflexible, inimical, insistent, intolerant, intractable, intransigent, invincible, iron, iron-hard, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, lasting, lawless, loyal, lusty, mighty, mulish, muscle-bound, naughty, negative, nervy, never-tiring, nonconforming, noncooperative, obdurate, obstipated, opinionated, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, orthodox, overthwart, overzealous, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, plodding, plugging, potent, powerful, preoccupied, procrustean, puissant, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, purposeful, rapt, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, red-blooded, refractory, relentless, renitent, repugnant, resistant, resolute, resolved, restive, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rival, robust, robustious, rockbound, rugged, sedulous, self-adhesive, self-willed, serious, set, sincere, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, sot, stable, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stickable, sticky, stiff, stiff-necked, stony, stout, straightlaced, straitlaced, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sturdy, sulky, sullen, tacky, tenacious, tireless, tough, transgressive, unabating, unamenable, unbending, unchangeable, uncomplying, uncompromising, unconquerable, uncooperative, undaunted, undisciplined, undiscouraged, undrooping, unduteous, undutiful, unfailing, unfaltering, unfavorable, unflagging, unflinching, unfriendly, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unmovable, unmoving, unnodding, unpersuadable, unpliable, unpliant, unpropitious, unreceptive, unregenerate, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unresponsive, unsleeping, unsubmissive, unsuggestible, unsusceptible, unswayable, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vigorous, violative, viscid, wayward, weariless, wholehearted, willful, withstanding, wrongheaded

Etymology
From obstinatus:, past participle of obstino: < ob: + *undefined: < stare:.

Translations

 * Arabic: متعنت
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: eriş, ilez
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: obstinaat, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: עקשן
 * Hungarian:, , ,


 * Italian: ostinato, pertinace
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: тврдоглав, своеглав,  упорен,  инаетлив
 * Romanian: obstinat, încăpăţânat
 * Russian: упрямый, строптивый
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav, uporan
 * Telugu: మొండి (moNDi)
 * Turkish: inatçı