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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•sti•nate /ˈɑbstənɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - firmly or stubbornly unwilling to change one's purpose, opinion, or course of action:Our neighbors were so obstinate they refused to evacuate their house even during the flood.
See -stan-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•sti•nate (ob′stə nit),USA pronunciation adj. - firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.;
not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty. - characterized by inflexible persistence or an unyielding attitude;
inflexibly persisted in or carried out:obstinate advocacy of high tariffs. - not easily controlled or overcome:the obstinate growth of weeds.
- not yielding readily to treatment, as a disease.
- Latin obstinātus (past participle of obstināre to set one's mind on, be determined), equivalent. to ob- ob- + -stin-, combining form of stan- (derivative of stāre to stand) + -ātus -ate1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mulish, obdurate, unyielding, unbending, intractable, perverse, inflexible, refractory, pertinacious. See stubborn.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged submissive, tractable.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: obstinate /ˈɒbstɪnɪt/ adj - adhering fixedly to a particular opinion, attitude, course of action, etc
- self-willed or headstrong
- difficult to subdue or alleviate; persistent: an obstinate fever
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin obstinātus, past participle of obstināre to persist in, from ob- (intensive) + stin-, variant of stare to standˈobstinately adv |