Stubborn

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  1. adamant
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  2. adamantine
    consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
  3. awkward
    difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  4. balking
    stopping short and refusing to go on
  5. bloody-minded
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  6. bolshy
    obstreperous
  7. brassbound
    inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
  8. bullet-headed
    impossibly stubborn
  9. bullheaded
    impossibly stubborn
  10. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  11. contrarious
    difficult to deal with
  12. contrary
    resistant to guidance or discipline
  13. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  14. cross-grained
    difficult to deal with
  15. cussed
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  16. determined
    characterized by great firmness of purpose
  17. die-hard
    tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
  18. difficult
    hard to control
  19. dogged
    stubbornly unyielding
  20. dour
    stubbornly unyielding
  21. firm
    marked by determination or resolution; not shakable
  22. fixed
    incapable of being changed or moved or undone
  23. fossilized
    set in a rigid pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  24. froward
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  25. hard-core
    stubbornly resistant to change or improvement
  26. hardheaded
    unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
  27. hardline
    strict and not willing to compromise
  28. headstrong
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  29. inexorable
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  30. inflexible
    not making concessions
  31. insubordinate
    not submissive to authority
  32. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  33. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  34. ironclad
    inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
  35. mulish
    unreasonably stubborn or rigid
  36. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  37. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  38. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  39. opinionated
    obstinate in your opinions
  40. ornery
    having a difficult and contrary disposition
  41. ossified
    set in a rigid pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  42. persistent
    stubbornly unyielding
  43. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  44. perverse
    marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
  45. pigheaded
    impossibly stubborn
  46. rebellious
    resisting control or authority
  47. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  48. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  49. relentless
    not willing or able to stop or yield
  50. resistant
    impervious to being affected
  51. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  52. rigid
    incapable of compromise or flexibility
  53. rock-ribbed
    tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
  54. self-willed
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  55. single-minded
    determined
  56. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  57. stiff-necked
    haughtily stubborn
  58. strong-willed
    having a determined will
  59. stroppy
    obstreperous
  60. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  61. unaccommodating
    not accommodating
  62. unadaptable
    not adaptable
  63. unbending
    incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
  64. uncompromising
    not willing to make concessions
  65. uncooperative
    intentionally unaccommodating
  66. unmalleable
    difficult or impossible to shape or work
  67. unmanageable
    hard to control
  68. unreasonable
    not showing good judgment
  69. unshakable
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  70. unyielding
    stubbornly unwilling to give in
  71. willful
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Created on Fri Apr 05 14:40:04 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Apr 05 14:59:44 EDT 2024)

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