stubborn

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  1. adjective Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bullheaded.
  2. adjective Firmly resolved or determined; resolute. See Synonyms at obstinate.
  3. adjective Characterized by perseverance; persistent.

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  • He had been known as a stubborn boy and as a man with an iron will. —  Mary Balogh - Unforgiven
  • Unfortunately he's also stubborn, which is the flip side. —  Map.html
  • Brothers are stubborn, and no sister can convince them they're about to make a huge mistake. —  Readthehook.com - Current Articles
  •  The hoarding orientation: These are individuals who expect to keep and are characterized by adjectives such as stubborn, stingy, unimaginative. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • When at last the inquisitors found her stubborn, they did not hesitate to assure her that she had less wisdom than her husband, who had lately--convinced that the Protestant cause was lost in Spain--agreed heartily to conform to the faith of Rome, and to be reconciled to the Church. —  The Last Look A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English stuborn.

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  1. Early modern English also stutbburne, stoburne; from Middle English stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiburn, stiborn, stibourne; prob. orig. *stybor, *stibor (the final n being due to misdividing of the derived noun stybornesse taken as *stybornnesse (English stubbornness), or a mere addition as in bittern, slattern), apparently from Anglo-Saxon styb, a stump, stub, + adjective formative -or as in Anglo-Saxon bitor, English bitter, etc.
  2. from stubborn, adjective
 

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/ˈstəbəɑrn/
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