obstinate

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈɒb.stɪ.nət

Definitions

Recalcitrant, obstinate.
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
Not easily subdued or removed.
Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.

Equivalents

Españolobcecado obstinado porfiadorecalcitrante

Françaisobstiné

Deutschbeharrlich beharrsam halsstarrighartnäckig obstinat starrköpfig stur widerborstig widerspenstig

39 more languages

العربيةعنيد مُتَعَنِّت

Azərbaycan diliinad inadkar

Беларускаяупарты

Българскиупорит

Bosanskijogunast samovoljan svojeglavsvojevoljan јогунаст самовољан својевољан својеглав

Catalàobstinat opiniós

Češtinatvrdohlavý tvrdošíjný zarputilýzatvrzelý zavilý

Cymraegystyfnig

Ελληνικάπεισματάρης

Esperantoobstina

فارسیسرسخت

Suomijääräpäinen omapäinen sitkeä

Gaeilgeceanntréan cruamhuineálach dáighstuacach

Galegoobstinado releón teimadoteimoso teimudo testán torpe túzaro

עבריתעקשן

हिन्दीअक्खड़ज़िद्दी ढीठसीनाज़ोर हठधर्मी हठी

Hrvatskijogunast samovoljan svojeglavsvojevoljan јогунаст самовољан својевољан својеглав

Magyarcsökönyös hajthatatlan konokmakacs önfejű

Bahasa Indonesiabengal tegar

Italianoostinato pertinace

日本語しぶとい偏屈儳片意地觥頑固な頑迷頭が固い

Қазақ тілібірбеткей

한국어儳 완고하다

KurdîBengal înad stûr

Latinacervicatus contentiosus difficilisobnixus obstinātus obstipus pertinax pervicax pervicus

Te Reo Māoriioio

Македонскиинаетлив своеглав тврдоглавупорен

Nederlandshardnekkig koppig obstinaat

Polskiuparty uporczywy zapartyzawzięty

Portuguêsobstinado persistente pertinaz

Românăîncăpățânat îndărătnic obstinat

Русскийстропти́вый твердолобый упёртыйупрямый

Српскиjogunast samovoljan svojeglavsvojevoljan јогунаст самовољан својевољан својеглав

Svenskaenvis genstörtig halsstarrigobstinat styvsint

తెలుగుమొండి

ไทยกระด้าง

Türkçeinatçı

Українськавпе́ртий клятий упе́ртийупірний

Tiếng Việtbảo thủ bướng bỉnh cứng cổcứng đầu đành hanh lì lợm ngang bướng ngang ngược ngoan cố ương

Examples

“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 […]”

“[…] the junior Osborne was quite as obstinate as the senior: when he wanted a thing, quite as firm in his resolution to get ⟳ it; and quite as violent when angered, as his father in his most stern moments”

“1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, 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.”

“He had the same pile of curly hair, but he was clean-shaven with a heavy, obstinate jowl.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

obstinative obstipational obstrepalous obstreperous obstringed obstropolous

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