Stubborn

//ˈstʌbɚn//

Synonyms for "stubborn" (241 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Strong matches (72)

Adjective(1 words)
obstinate

Related words (120)

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Adjective(2 words)
refractoryunregenerate

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Synonyms

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Translations

172 translations across 76 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • αὐθάδης adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • σκληροτράχηλος adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَنِيد adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Armenian

1 entries
  • համառ adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Assamese

2 entries
  • আঁকোৰগোঁজ adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • গোঁৱাৰ adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Asturian

1 entries
  • neciu adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • inad adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • inadkar adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • tərs adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Basque

1 entries
  • kaskagogor adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • упа́рты adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Breton

1 entries
  • pennek adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • инат adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Catalan

4 entries
  • cabut adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • caparrut adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • enterc adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • tossut adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کەلە ڕەق adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • kashtakulu adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 固執 /固执 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • 牛皮 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • 硬頸 /硬颈 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 固執 /固执 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • 執拗 /执拗 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • 頑固 /顽固 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • eriş adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Czech

2 entries
  • neústupný adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • tvrdohlavý adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Danish

1 entries
  • stædig adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Dutch

4 entries
  • eigenwijs adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • halsstarrig adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • hardnekkig adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • koppig adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • obstina adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kangekaelne adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Faroese

2 entries
  • stívrendur adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • treiskur adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Finnish

1 entries
  • itsepäinen adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

French

3 entries
  • borné adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • entêté adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • têtu adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Galician

4 entries
  • cazurro adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • cornán adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • teimudo adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • testán adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Georgian

4 entries
  • კერპი adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • უდრეკი adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • შეუპოვარი adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • ჯიუტი adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

German

2 entries
  • dickköpfig adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • stur adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Greek

1 entries
  • πεισματάρης adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • nuha adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • עִקֵּשׁ adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • עַקְשָׁן adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • קְשֵׁה עֹרֶף adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अक्खड़ adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • ज़िद्दी adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • हठी adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • konok adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • makacs adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þrjóskur adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • bebal adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • kepala batu adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • keras kepala adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • pero adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Irish

4 entries
  • ceanndána adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • stalcach adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • stalcánta adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • stuacach adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Italian

2 entries
  • ostinato adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • testardo adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 頑固な adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бірбеткей adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Korean

2 entries
  • 고지식하다 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • 고집이 세다 adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Latin

1 entries
  • obstinātus adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Latvian

1 entries
  • spītīgs adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Lingala

1 entries
  • mutu makasi adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • užsispyręs adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • сво́еглав adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • твр́доглав adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • у́порен adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Malay

1 entries
  • kepala batu adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Meru

1 entries
  • ndemi adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Māori

4 entries
  • kakī mārō adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • kōioio adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • kōioio adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • mōtohe adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Norman

3 entries
  • hieux adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • r'calcitrant adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • vithouard adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • hardnakket adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • sta adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • vrangvillig adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • hardnakka adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • sta adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • vrangviljug adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Old English

1 entries
  • ānwille adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صارپ adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Pashto

2 entries
  • خری adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • ځيلی adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Persian

3 entries
  • سرتق adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • سمج adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • کله شق adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • baulstierich adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • hoatnakich adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Polish

1 entries
  • uparty adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cabeça-dura adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • cabeçudo adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • casmurro adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • teimoso adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Quechua

1 entries
  • thalu adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Romanian

4 entries
  • căpos adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • căpățânos adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • încăpățânat adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • îndărătnic adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Russian

4 entries
  • жестоковыйный adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • насто́йчивый adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • неусту́пчивый adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • упо́рный adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • rag adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • rag-mhuinealach adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tvrdòglav adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • тврдо̀глав adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Slovak

4 entries
  • neoblomný adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • tvrdohlavý adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • tvrdošijný adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • zarytý adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Slovene

2 entries
  • trdoglav adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • trmast adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cabezadura adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • cabezota adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • empecinado adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • necio adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Swedish

2 entries
  • envis adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • hårdnackad adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • malig-in adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • maliwaliwa adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • matigas ang ulo adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మొండి adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Turkish

1 entries
  • inatçı adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • впе́ртий adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ہٹھی adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qaysar adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bướng bỉnh adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • bảo thủ adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • lì adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • lì lợm adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Walloon

3 entries
  • buké adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • macté adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  • tiestou adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Welsh

1 entries
  • styfnig adj (refusing to move or change one's opinion)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Your argument is not any more convincing than that of my stubborn father.

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I thought our boss was stubborn as a mule but actually he has his cute side.

Source: tatoeba (20777)

The more stubborn you are, the more isolated you become.

Source: tatoeba (20778)

If it becomes stubborn indeed it stands alone.

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