Miss Wang has a trace of obstinacy in her, but she is still a good student.
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Obstinacy
//ˈɑbstɪnəsi//
Synonyms for "obstinacy" (275 found)
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Closest matches (55)
stubbornnessadhesivenessantagonismantipathyapplicationassiduityassiduousnessaversenessaversionbackwardnessbad bloodbigotrybloody-mindednessbulldog tenacitybullheadednesscantankerousnesschallengeclashingcohesivenesscollision
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combative reactioncommitmentcompetitioncomplaintconcentrationconflictconsistencyconstancycontrarietycontrarinesscontumaciousnesscontumacyconvictioncounteractioncross purposescross-purposescursorinessdecidednessdecisiondecisivenessdedicationdefiancedefiance of authoritydefinitenessdemurdeterminatenessdeterminationdeterminednessdevotion
Strong matches (83)
diligencedisaccorddisagreementdisinclinationdisobediencedisputedisrelishdissensiondissentdissentiencedistastedogged perseverancedoggednessdogmatismearnestnessenduranceenergyengrossmentenmityfanaticism
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fidelityfirmnessfixednessfoot draggingfoot-draggingforcefortitudefractiousnessfrictionfrowardnessfundamentalismgluinessglutinositygrudging consentgrudgingnessgumminessgutsgutsinesshardinesshardnessheartinesshostilityimperviousnessimpliabilityindefatigabilityindisposednessindispositionindocilityindustriousnessindustryinexorabilityinflexibilityinimicalnessinsistenceinsistencyintestinal fortitudeintoleranceintractabilityintractablenessintransigencelack of enthusiasmlack of zealloyaltylustihoodlustinessmightmightinessmulishnessmutinousnessnegativenessnegativismnolitionnoncooperationobduracyobduratenessobjectionobstinancy
Related words (137)
obstinatenessobstreperousnessoppositionoppugnancyornerinessorthodoxypassive resistancepatiencepatience of jobperfunctorinesspermanenceperseverancepersistencepersistencypertinaciousnesspertinacityperversenessperversitypigheadednessplodding
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pluggingpotencypowerpowerfulnessprecisianismpreoccupationprotestpurismpuritanismpurposepurposefulnessreactionrebelliousnessrebuffrecalcitrancerecalcitrancyrecalcitrationrefractorinessrefusalrelentlessnessreluctanceremonstrancerenitencerenitencyrepellencerepellencyrepugnancerepulserepulsionresistanceresolutenessresolutionresolveresolvednessrestivenessretentionrevoltrigidityrigidnessrigorrigorousnessrivalryrobustnessruggednesssedulitysedulousnessself-willseriousnesssinceritysingle-mindednesssingleness of purposesloggingslownesssnugnessstabilitystalwartnessstaminastandstaying powersteadfastnesssteadinessstick-to-itivenessstickinesssticking powerstiffnessstoliditystoutnessstrengthstrength of willsturdinesssulksulkinesssulkssullennesstackinesstenaciousnesstenacitytightnesstirelessnesstotal commitmenttoughnessunbendingnessuncompromisingnessuncooperativenessunenthusiasmunimpressionabilityuninfluenceabilityunmovabilityunpersuadabilityunreceptivenessunrelentingnessunremittingnessunresponsivenessunrulinessunsuggestibilityunsusceptibilityunswayablenessunswerving attentionunwillingnessunyieldingnessvigorvigorousnessviscidityviscosityvitalityvyingwildnesswillwithstanding
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عِنَاد noun (state of stubbornness)
Armenian
1 entries- կամակորություն noun (state of stubbornness)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- inadkarlıq noun (state of stubbornness)
Belarusian
1 entries- упа́ртасць noun (state of stubbornness)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ина́т noun (state of stubbornness)
- упори́тост noun (state of stubbornness)
Catalan
1 entries- obstinació noun (state of stubbornness)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 頑固 /顽固 noun (state of stubbornness)
Czech
3 entries- tvrdohlavost noun (state of stubbornness)
- tvrdošíjnost noun (state of stubbornness)
- zarputilost noun (state of stubbornness)
Esperanto
2 entries- obstineco noun (state of stubbornness)
- obstino noun (state of stubbornness)
Finnish
2 entries- itsepintaisuus noun (state of stubbornness)
- itsepäisyys noun (state of stubbornness)
French
2 entries- entêtement noun (state of stubbornness)
- obstination noun (state of stubbornness)
Galician
4 entries- gurra noun (state of stubbornness)
- piturra noun (state of stubbornness)
- teima noun (state of stubbornness)
- teimosía noun (state of stubbornness)
German
2 entries- Eigensinn noun (state of stubbornness)
- Sturheit noun (state of stubbornness)
Greek
3 entries- γινάτι noun (state of stubbornness)
- ισχυρογνωμοσύνη noun (state of stubbornness)
- πείσμα noun (state of stubbornness)
Hindi
3 entries- ज़िद noun (state of stubbornness)
- हठ noun (state of stubbornness)
- हठधर्मिता noun (state of stubbornness)
Hungarian
1 entries- csökönyösség noun (state of stubbornness)
Italian
2 entries- ostinazione noun (state of stubbornness)
- testardaggine noun (state of stubbornness)
Japanese
2 entries- 意地 noun (state of stubbornness)
- 頑固 noun (state of stubbornness)
Korean
1 entries- 완고 noun (state of stubbornness)
Latin
1 entries- obstinātiō noun (state of stubbornness)
Macedonian
4 entries- инает noun (state of stubbornness)
- инат noun (state of stubbornness)
- сво́еглавост noun (state of stubbornness)
- твр́доглавост noun (state of stubbornness)
Malayalam
1 entries- മർക്കടമുഷ്ടി noun (state of stubbornness)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اصرار noun (state of stubbornness)
- تمرد noun (state of stubbornness)
- عناد noun (state of stubbornness)
Persian
3 entries- عناد noun (state of stubbornness)
- لجاجت noun (state of stubbornness)
- معاندت noun (state of stubbornness)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Ieejensenn noun (state of stubbornness)
Polish
2 entries- upartość noun (state of stubbornness)
- upór noun (state of stubbornness)
Portuguese
1 entries- obstinação noun (state of stubbornness)
Romanian
2 entries- obstinație noun (state of stubbornness)
- încăpățânare noun (state of stubbornness)
Russian
4 entries- твердоло́бость noun (state of stubbornness)
- упо́рство noun (state of stubbornness)
- упря́мство noun (state of stubbornness)
- упёртость noun (state of stubbornness)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- tvrdòglavōst noun (state of stubbornness)
- upórnōst noun (state of stubbornness)
- тврдо̀главо̄ст noun (state of stubbornness)
- упо́рно̄ст noun (state of stubbornness)
Slovak
1 entries- tvrdohlavosť noun (state of stubbornness)
Slovene
2 entries- trma noun (state of stubbornness)
- trmoglavost noun (state of stubbornness)
Spanish
4 entries- obstinación noun (state of stubbornness)
- porfía noun (state of stubbornness)
- terquedad noun (state of stubbornness)
- testarudez noun (state of stubbornness)
Tajik
4 entries- инод noun (state of stubbornness)
- саркашӣ noun (state of stubbornness)
- якравӣ noun (state of stubbornness)
- қайсарӣ noun (state of stubbornness)
Turkish
2 entries- inat noun (state of stubbornness)
- inatçılık noun (state of stubbornness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- упе́ртість noun (state of stubbornness)
Uzbek
3 entries- oʻjarlik noun (state of stubbornness)
- qaysarlik noun (state of stubbornness)
- sarkashlik noun (state of stubbornness)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự cố chấp noun (state of stubbornness)
- sự ngoan cố noun (state of stubbornness)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It was not until worn out by the obstinacy of the anchoret that he consented to put the state and condition of his mistress to a certain trial.
Source: tatoeba (7752159)
There was a certain obstinacy in his voice.
Source: tatoeba (8838568)
No coaxing could induce them to advance, and the application of the whip only seemed to exasperate their obstinacy.
Source: tatoeba (11620123)
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