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English Dictionary: obstinate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obstinate adj tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield Synonym(s): stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate Antonym(s): docile stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing Synonym(s): cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" Synonym(s): contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward v persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obstinate \Ob"stinate\, 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, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate* resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope. Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth. 2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions. Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}. -- {Ob"stinately}, adv. -- {Ob"stinateness}, n.