Obstinate

Quick meaning: Obstinate is an adjective meaning Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.

Meaning

Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.

More Meanings

1. Of an inanimate object, not easily subdued or removed.
2. Of a facial feature or expression, fixed and unmoving.

Example Sentences

an obstinate blockage in the pipe

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

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

Word Forms

• obstinant

Synonyms for obstinate

Depending on context, synonyms include bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious, unrelenting, inexorable.

Antonyms for obstinate

Common opposites include compromising, transigent, flexible, sycophantic, yielding.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stubborn, obdurate, wayward, contrary, unrepentant, unregenerate.

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