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  • 41obstinately — 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… …

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  • 42persistence — Obstinate continuation of characteristic behavior, or of existence in spite of treatment or adverse environmental conditions. [L. persisto, to abide, stand firm] lactase p. an inherited trait (autosomal dominant) in which the levels of lactase do …

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  • 43stiff-hearted — obstinate, stubborn …

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  • 44bloody-minded —  Obstinate. Deliberately uncooperative, obstructive or unreasonable …

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  • 45stife —  obstinate, inflexible, stiff; from the old Saxon. A stife quean, a lusty quean ; stife bread ; strong bread, made with beans and peas, &c. which makes it of a strong smell and taste. N …

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  • 47pertinacious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. persevering, persistent; obstinate, unyielding, constant, resolute, firm. See resolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Resolute] Syn. determined, attentive, tenacious; see resolute 2 . 2. [Obstinate]… …

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  • 48stubborn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perverse, obstinate; dogged, persistent; intractable, unyielding; tough. See obstinacy, hardness. Ant., cooperative, tractable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obstinate, unreasonable, unyielding,… …

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  • 49stubborn — adjective 1) you re too stubborn to admit it Syn: obstinate, headstrong, willful, strong willed, pigheaded, obdurate, difficult, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, inflexible, iron willed, uncompromising, unbending; informal stiff necked, bloody… …

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  • 50perverse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. contrary, stubborn, obstinate, self willed; ungovernable, wayward; cross, petulant. See obstinacy, wrong. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Obstinate] Syn. headstrong, obdurate, self willed, wrongheaded;… …

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