obstinate
31obstinate — ob•sti•nate [[t]ˈɒb stə nɪt[/t]] adj. 1) firmly or stubbornly adhering to a purpose, opinion, or course of action 2) not easily or readily treated, controlled, or overcome, as a disease • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L obstinātus, ptp. of… …
32obstinate — Pa akikī, o ole a, pa a loa, po o pa a, ā ī o ole a, lae pa a. Also: hukihuki, ho olehelehe nui, uaua, koe ā, kā ape …
33obstinate — adj. 1 stubborn, intractable. 2 firmly adhering to one s chosen course of action or opinion despite dissuasion. 3 inflexible, self willed. 4 unyielding; not readily responding to treatment etc. Derivatives: obstinacy n. obstinately adv. Etymology …
34obstinate desertion — A determined, fixed, and persistent desertion of one s spouse. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 99 …
35be obstinate — index adhere (persist), insist, persevere, persist, refuse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
36perverse and obstinate — In Sheridan’s The School for Scandal Sir Peter Teazle says to a young girl: ‘Go, perverse and obstinate.’ He adds: ‘but take care, madam.’ An expression such as this when used vocatively is normally followed by a head word, such as ‘girl’,… …
37as obstinate as a mule — very stubborn …
38Obstinately — 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,… …
39Obstinateness — 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,… …
40obstinacy — obstinate ► ADJECTIVE 1) stubbornly refusing to change one s opinion or chosen course of action. 2) hard to deal with or overcome: an obstinate problem. DERIVATIVES obstinacy noun obstinately adverb. ORIGIN Latin obstinatus, from obstinare… …
