Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obstinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
I have known great cures done by obstinate
resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W.
Temple.
No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope.
Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth.
2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
fever; obstinate obstructions.
Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}. --
{Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"sti*nate*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obstinate
adj 1: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: {cussed}, {obdurate},
{unrepentant}]
2: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: {contrary}, {perverse},
{wayward}]
3: persisting in a reactionary stand [syn: {stubborn}, {unregenerate}]
v : persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all
rational arguments"
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