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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
obstinate
    adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious
           unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate,
           unregenerate] [ant: docile]
    2: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed,
       obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant]
    3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
       contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
       perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
       obstinate, perverse, wayward]
    v 1: persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all
         rational arguments"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare
   to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see
   Ob-) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See Stand,
   and cf. Destine.]
   1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course;
      persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other
      means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying
      unreasonableness.
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            I have known great cures done by obstinate
            resolution of drinking no wine.       --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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            No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate.  --Pope.
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            Of sense and outward things.          --Wordsworth.
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   2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
      fever; obstinate obstructions.
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   Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
        persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
        refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn.
        [1913 Webster] -- Ob"sti*nate*ly, adv. --
        Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
OBSTINATE, adj.  Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the
splendor and stress of our advocacy.
    The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most
intelligent animal.


Thesaurus Results for Obstinate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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