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Meaning of obstinate | Babel Free

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

العربية عنيد عنيد مُتَعَنِّت

Azərbaycanca inad inadkar

Беларуская упарты

Български упорит

Bosanski jogunast samovoljan svojeglav svojevoljan јогунаст самовољан својевољан својеглав

Català obstinat opiniós

Čeština tvrdohlavý tvrdošíjný zarputilý zatvrzelý zavilý

Cymraeg ystyfnig

Deutsch beharrlich beharrsam halsstarrig hartnäckig obstinat starrköpfig starrköpfig stur widerborstig widerspenstig

Ελληνικά πεισματάρης

Esperanto obstina

Español obcecado obstinado porfiado recalcitrante

فارسی سرسخت

Suomi jääräpäinen omapäinen sitkeä

Français obstiné

Gaeilge ceanntréan cruamhuineálach dáigh stuacach

Galego obstinado releón teimado teimoso teimudo teimudo testán torpe túzaro túzaro

עברית עקשן

हिन्दी अक्खड़ ज़िद्दी ज़िद्दी ढीठ सीनाज़ोर हठधर्मी हठी

Hrvatski jogunast samovoljan svojeglav svojevoljan јогунаст самовољан својевољан својеглав

Magyar csökönyös hajthatatlan konok makacs önfejű

Bahasa Indonesia bengal tegar

Italiano ostinato pertinace

日本語しぶとい偏屈儳片意地觥頑固な頑迷頭が固い

Қазақша бірбеткей

한국어 儳 완고하다

Kurdî Bengal înad stûr

Latina cervicatus contentiosus difficilis obnixus obstinātus obstipus pertinax pervicax pervicus

Te Reo Māori ioio

Македонски инаетлив своеглав тврдоглав упорен

Nederlands hardnekkig koppig obstinaat

Polski uparty uporczywy zaparty zawzięty

Português obstinado persistente pertinaz

Română încăpățânat îndărătnic obstinat

Русский стропти́вый твердолобый упёртый упрямый

Српски jogunast samovoljan svojeglav svojevoljan јогунаст самовољан својевољан својеглав

Svenska envis genstörtig halsstarrig obstinat styvsint

తెలుగు మొండి

ไทย กระด้าง

Türkçe inatçı

Українська впе́ртий клятий упе́ртий упірний

Tiếng Việt bảo thủ bướng bỉnh bướng bỉnh cứng cổ cứng đầu cứng 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

Mastery
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