obstinate

a. பிடிவாதமுடைய, அடம்பிடிக்கிற, வளைந்து கொடுக்காத, தன்முனைப்புமிக்க, மூர்க்கத்தனமிக்க.

Synonyms

headstrong stubborn refractory self-willed pertinacious obdurate perverse intractable

Antonyms

amenable complaisant yielding docile ductile characterless irresolute wavering

Ob"sti*nate, a. Etym: [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"sti*nate*ly, adv. -- Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.

obstinate - Similar Words

obsignate postnate obstination binate staminate rosinante ostentate obstringe obstinacy notionate