Word Meanings - OBSTINATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob + a word from the 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.

Additional info about word: OBSTINATE

a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob + a word from the 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OBSTINATE)

• Dogged
• Obstinate
• morose
• sullen
• impracticable
• prejudiced
• Obdurate
• Hardened
• obstinate
• stubborn
• impenitent
• reprobate
• callous
• unfeeling
• insensible
• unyielding
• Pertinacious
• persistent
• wilful
• dogged
• persevering
• determined
• Refractory
• Perverse
• contumacious
• unruly
• unmanageable
• mutinous
• rebellious
• recalcitrant
• Restive
• Stubborn
• uneasy
• balky

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OBSTINATE)

• Sanction
• commend
• approve

Related words: (words related to OBSTINATE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• MUTINOUS
  Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate. The city was becoming mutinous. Macaulay. -- Mu"ti*nous*ly, adv. -- Mu"ti*nous*ness, n.
• PREJUDICATIVE
  Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging. Dr. H. More.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PERSEVER
  To persevere.
• BALKY
  Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
• INSENSIBLENESS
  Insensibility. Bp. Hall.
• PREJUDICAL
  Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at law.
• MOROSE
  particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected taciturnity." I. Watts. 2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. Syn. -- Sullen; gruff;
• MOROSENESS
  Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes
• PREJUDICATE
  1. Formed before due examination. "Ignorance and prejudicate opinions." Jer. Taylor. 2. Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced. "Prejudicate readers." Sir T. Browne.
• PERSEVERANT
  Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv.
• DOGGET
  Docket. See Docket.
• MOROSELY
  Sourly; with sullen austerity.
• COMMENDATARY
  One who holds a living in commendam.
• APPROVEMENT
  a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now
• APPROVE
  approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
• OBSTINATE
  a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob + a word from the 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• INDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
• OVERHARDEN
  To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.
• SELF-HARDENING
  Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese,
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
• ARRESTIVE
  Tending to arrest. McCosh.
• UNDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.