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obstinate in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. resistant to guidance or discipline
    "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
    contrary  obstinate  perverse  wayward 
  2. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
    cussed  obdurate  obstinate  unrepentant 
  3. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
    stubborn  obstinate  unregenerate 
verb
  1. persist stubbornly
    "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
    obstinate 
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