OBSTINATE Synonyms

• retained; not shed

• never-ceasing

• continually recurring to the mind

• stubbornly unyielding

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• punishingly harsh

• never-ceasing

• very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

• impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

• obstinate and stupid

• having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

• characterized by great determination

• devoting full strength and concentrated attention to

• determined or decided upon as by an authority

• strongly motivated to succeed

• stubbornly unyielding

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

• incapable of change

• not making concessions

• resistant to being bent

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

• obstinate and stupid

• firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

• characterized by quickness and firmness

• firm and dependable especially in loyalty

• stop the flow of a liquid

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

• done by design

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

• stubbornly unyielding