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- pronunciation:
- stuh
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
unreasonably resistant to change, influence, guidance, control, or the like; obstinate; willful.
- synonyms:
- balky, bullheaded, mulish, obstinate, pigheaded, strong-willed, willful
- antonyms:
- compliant, docile
- similar words:
- contrary, contumacious, cross-grained, froward, hardheaded, headstrong, hidebound, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, ornery, recalcitrant, refractory
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| definition 2: |
persevering or persistent.
a stubborn stain- synonyms:
- obstinate, persistent
- similar words:
- dogged, inflexible, intractable, persevering, recalcitrant, refractory, tenacious
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| definition 3: |
difficult to work, operate, or control, as mechanical devices.
a stubborn lock- synonyms:
- difficult, stiff
- similar words:
- intractable, unyielding
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| related words: |
adamant, cantankerous, chronic, disobedient, doctrinaire, dogmatic, firm, opinionated, persistent, perverse, problem, relentless, rigid, set, tough, unbending, wayward |
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| derivations: |
stubbornly (adv.), stubbornness (n.) |
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