obstinate
81obstinacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refusal to comply Nouns 1. obstinacy, stubbornness, tenacity, doggedness; obduracy, obduration, insistence, resolution; intransigency, immovability, inflexibility, hardness, willpower; self will, will of …
82stiff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rigid, inflexible, firm, non fluid; strong, brisk; difficult, hard; severe, excessive; formal, unreserved; awkward, stilted. See hardness, severity, affectation, inelegance, restraint, pride.Ant.,… …
83difficult — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hard to achieve] Syn. laborious, hard, arduous, strenuous, demanding, exacting, hard won, stiff, heavy, painful, labored, trying, titanic, bothersome, troublesome, burdensome, backbreaking, not easy, wearisome, onerous,… …
84hardheaded — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Obstinate] Syn. willful, stubborn, headstrong; see obstinate 1 . 2. [Practical] Syn. sensible, rational, shrewd; see practical . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Tenaciously unwilling to yield: bullheaded, dogged,… …
85obstinacy — ob•sti•na•cy [[t]ˈɒb stə nə si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness 2) an instance of being obstinate; an obstinate act, viewpoint, etc • Etymology: 1350–1400 …
86ob|sti|na|cy — «OB stuh nuh see», noun, plural cies. 1. stubborn nature or behavior: »Obstinacy drove the boy to repeat the statement even after he knew it was wrong. 2. stubborn persistence; unyielding nature: »Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a… …
87cussed — cus sed (c[u^]s [e^]d), adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.] Note: [Narrower terms: {unregenerate (vs. regenerate), unregenerated}] Syn: obdurate, obstinate, perverse, unrepentant. [WordNet 1.5] …
88Headstrong — Head strong ( str[o^]ng ; 115), a. 1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. [1913 Webster] Now let the headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy; as,… …
89Intractable — In*tract a*ble, a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F. intraitable, formerly also intractable. See {In } not, and {Tractable}.] Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn;… …
90Intractableness — Intractable In*tract a*ble, a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F. intraitable, formerly also intractable. See {In } not, and {Tractable}.] Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent;… …
