Stubborn

Adjective

 * 1) refusing to move or change one's opinion; obstinate.

Adverbs for Stubborn
obstinately; astonishingly; surprisingly; naturally; incorrigibly; wonderfully; unexpectedly; infinitely; implacably; sternly; bull-headedly; doggedly; brutally; inveterately; desperately; inflexibly; habitually; obdurately; viciously; dreadfully.

Thesaurus
untractable, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vigorous, viscid, wayward, weariless, willful, wiry, adamant, adamantine, adherent, adhesive, assiduous, balking, balky, bigoted, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy, bulletheaded, bullheaded, cantankerous, cartilaginous, case-hardened, chewy, clingy, cohesive, constant, continuing, contumacious, coriaceous, determined, diligent, dogged, dogmatic, dour, durable, enduring, faithful, fanatic, fibrous, firm, fundamentalist, gluey, glutinous, gristly, gummy, hard, hardheaded, hardy, headstrong, hidebound, immovable, immutable, impliable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, inductile, industrious, inelastic, inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, insistent, insubordinate, intolerant, intractable, intractile, intransigent, invincible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irresilient, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, loyal, mulish, muscle-bound, never-tiring, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, orthodox, overzealous, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, pigheaded, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, rapt, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resistant, resolute, restive, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rockbound, ropy, sedulous, self-adhesive, self-willed, set, sinewy, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, stickable, sticky, stiff, stiff-necked, straightlaced, straitlaced, stringy, strong, strong-willed, strongheaded, stunt, sulky, sullen, tacky, tenacious, tireless, tough, tough as leather, unabating, unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, unconquerable, uncooperative, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unextendible, unextensible, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflexible, unflinching, ungiving, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unlimber, unmalleable, unnodding, unpliable, unpliant, unregenerate, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring,

Etymology
From stoburn:, stoburne:, styburne:, stiborn:; probable origin *stybor, *stibor, apparently from  styb: + adj. formative -or: as in  bitor, E. bitter.

Derived terms

 * stubbornly
 * stubbornness

Translations

 * Arabic: عنيد
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: инат
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 頑固, 顽固, 固執, 固执
 * Crimean Tatar: eriş
 * Croatian: tvrdoglav, tvrdoglava, tvrdoglavo
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , , ,
 * German:, dickköpfig
 * Hebrew: עקשן (akshan)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: stalcach, ceanndána


 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: 頑固な (がんこな, ganko na)
 * Korean: 고집센 (gojipsen)
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: тврдоглав, упорен, своеглав
 * Meru:
 * Norwegian:, vrangvillig
 * Persian: کله شق, سمج
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , упёртый
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:, , cabezota ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: hardnackad
 * Telugu: మొండి (moMDi)