stub·born

(stŭb′ərn)

adj. stub·born·er, stub·born·est

a. Refusing to change one's mind or course of action despite pressure to do so; unyielding or resolute. See Synonyms at obstinate.

b. Characterized by a refusal to change one's mind or course of action; dogged or persistent: stubborn prejudice; stubborn earnestness.

2. Difficult to treat or deal with; resistant to treatment or effort: stubborn soil; stubborn stains.

[Middle English stuborn.]

stub′born·ly adv.

stub′born·ness n.

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Stubbornness

of rhinoceros.

stubbornness

The following words can all be used to describe someone who is determined to do what they want to do, and refuses to change their mind:

firm	intransigent	obstinate	ornery (Am)	pig-headed
rigid	steadfast	stubborn

You use firm or steadfast to show that you approve of someone's behaviour. Steadfast is a rather literary word.

If parents are firm, children accept discipline.

He relied on the calm and steadfast Kathy.

Stubborn, obstinate, pig-headed, rigid, and intransigent are all used to show disapproval. Intransigent is a formal word.

He and his officials remained as stubborn as ever.

...an obstinate and rebellious child.

They can be stupid and pig-headed.

My father is very rigid in his thinking.

He told them how intransigent the racists in his country had been.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	stubbornness - the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome mulishness, obstinacy, obstinance intractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control
	2.	stubbornness - resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires bullheadedness, pigheadedness, self-will, obstinacy, obstinance firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution - the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" impenitence, impenitency - the trait of refusing to repent intransigence, intransigency - the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise

stubbornness

noun

The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible:

die-hardism, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, obduracy, obdurateness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness.

Translations

Starrsinn

acharnementrétivité

csökönyösség

caparbietà ostinazione testardaggine

stubbornness

[ˈstʌbənnɪs] N [of person] → testarudez f, terquedad f, tozudez f; [of animal] → terquedad f; [of cough, cold] → lo persistente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stubbornness

[ˈstʌbə^rnnɪs] n (= obstinacy) → obstination f

stubbornness

(= obstinacy, of person) → Sturheit f; (of animal, child) → störrische Art

(of refusal, resistance) → Hartnäckigkeit f

(of lock) → Widerspenstigkeit f; (of cough) → Hartnäckigkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stubbornness

[ˈstʌbənnɪs] n → testardaggine f, ostinazione f