Obstinant

Synonyms for "obstinant" (371 found)

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difficult diligent disaccordant disobedient dissentient doctrinaire dogged dogmatic doughty dour earnest enduring enemy faithful fanatic fanatical firm fixed forceful forcible

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Adjective(18 words)

dogged hard-hearted hard-nosed hardheaded headstrong immovable incalcitrant inexorable inflexible insistent intractable intransigent intrepid inveterate irrefragable mulish obdurate obstreperous

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oppugnant orthodox overthwart overzealous patient patient as job permanent perseverant persevering persisting pertinacious pigheaded plodding plugging positive potent powerful preoccupied procrustean puissant

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purist puristic puritan puritanic puritanical purposeful rapt rebellious recalcitrant recusant red blooded red-blooded refractory relentless renitent repugnant resistant resolute resolved restive rigid rigorist rigoristic rigorous rival robust robustious rockbound rugged sedulous self-adhesive self-willed serious set sincere single minded single-minded sleepless slogging sot stable stalwart staunch steadfast steady steely stickable sticky stiff stiff necked stiff-necked stony stout straightlaced straitlaced strapping strong strong as brandy strong as strong strong willed strong-willed strongheaded sturdy sulky sullen tacky tenacious tireless tough transgressive unabating unamenable unbending unchangeable uncomplying uncompromising unconquerable uncooperative undaunted undisciplined undiscouraged undrooping unduteous undutiful unfailing unfaltering unfavorable unflagging unflinching unfriendly unimpressionable uninfluenceable unintermitting uninterrupted unmovable unmoving unnodding unpersuadable unpliable unpliant unpropitious unreceptive unregenerate unrelaxing unrelenting unremitting unrepentant unresponsive unsleeping unsubmissive unsuggestible unsusceptible unswayable unswerving untiring unwavering unwearied unwearying unwinking unyielding utterly attentive vigorous violative viscid wayward weariless wholehearted willful withstanding wrongheaded

Adjective(30 words)

peevish peremptory pertinacious pigheaded recalcitrant refractory resolute resolved rigid self-willed stalwart staunch steadfast steady stubborn stubborn as a mule sullen tenacious terminal thran

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thwart tough truculent unbending uncompromising unrelenting unyielding vehement wilful willful

Adjective(5 words)

perverse stubborn unregenerate unrepentant wayward

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