I've got my stubbornness from my father.
Source: tatoeba (20781)
Stubbornness
//ˈstʌbən(n)əs//
Synonyms for "stubbornness" (208 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
dogged perseverancedogmatismdurabilityenduranceengrossmentfanaticismfidelityfirmnessfixed mindfoot draggingfoot-draggingfractiousnessfundamentalismgluinessglutinositygrudging consentgrudgingnessgumminesshardheadednesshardiness
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hardnessheadstrongnessimmovabilityimmutabilityimpliabilityindefatigabilityindisposednessindispositionindocilityinductilityindustriousnessindustryinelasticityinexorabilityinextensibilityinflexibilityinflexible willinfrangibilityinsistenceinsistencyintoleranceintractabilityintractablenessirresilienceirresiliencylack of enthusiasmlack of zeallastingnessleatherlikenessloyaltymulishnessmutinousnessnolitionobduracyobduratenessobstinancy
Related words (104)
obstinatenessobstreperousnessopinionatednessoppositionornerinessorthodoxyoverzealousnesspatiencepatience of jobperfunctorinesspermanenceperseverancepersistencepersistencypertinaciousnesspertinacitypigheadednessploddingpluggingprecisianism
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preoccupationpurismpuritanismpurposerecalcitrancerecalcitrancyrecalcitrationrefractorinessrefusalrelentlessnessreluctancerenitencerenitencyrepugnanceresistanceresolutionrestivenessretentionrigidityrigidnessrigorrigorousnessropinesssedulitysedulousnessself willself-willsingle-mindednesssingleness of purposesloggingslownesssnugnessstabilitystaminastaying powersteadfastnesssteadinessstick-to-itivenessstickinessstiff neckstiff-neckednessstiffnessstrengthstringinessstrongheadnesssulksulkinesssulkssullennesstackinesstenaciousnesstenacitytightnesstirelessnesstoughnessunalterabilityunbendingnessunbreakabilityunbreakablenessuncompromisingnessuncooperativenessunenthusiasmunlimbernessunmalleabilityunpliabilityunregeneratenessunrelentingnessunremittingnessunrulinessunswerving attentionunwillingnessunyieldingnessviscidityviscosityvitalitywildnesswillfulness
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78 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عِنَاد noun (state of being stubborn)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- inadkarlıq noun (state of being stubborn)
Belarusian
1 entries- упа́ртасць noun (state of being stubborn)
Breton
1 entries- pennegezh noun (state of being stubborn)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ина́т noun (state of being stubborn)
- упори́тост noun (state of being stubborn)
Catalan
2 entries- entercament noun (state of being stubborn)
- tossuderia noun (state of being stubborn)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 固執 /固执 noun (state of being stubborn)
- 頑固 /顽固 noun (state of being stubborn)
Czech
1 entries- tvrdohlavost noun (state of being stubborn)
Danish
1 entries- stædighed noun (state of being stubborn)
Dutch
1 entries- halsstarrigheid noun (state of being stubborn)
Esperanto
1 entries- obstino noun (state of being stubborn)
Faroese
3 entries- treiskleiki noun (state of being stubborn)
- treiskni noun (state of being stubborn)
- tvørskapur noun (state of being stubborn)
Finnish
2 entries- itsepäisyys noun (state of being stubborn)
- jääräpäisyys noun (state of being stubborn)
French
1 entries- entêtement noun (state of being stubborn)
Galician
1 entries- teimosía noun (state of being stubborn)
Georgian
2 entries- სიჯიუტე noun (state of being stubborn)
- შეუპოვრობა noun (state of being stubborn)
German
1 entries- Sturheit noun (state of being stubborn)
Greek
3 entries- γινάτι noun (state of being stubborn)
- ισχυρογνωμοσύνη noun (state of being stubborn)
- πείσμα noun (state of being stubborn)
Hindi
3 entries- हठ noun (state of being stubborn)
- हठधर्म noun (state of being stubborn)
- हठधर्मिता noun (state of being stubborn)
Hungarian
1 entries- csökönyösség noun (state of being stubborn)
Icelandic
1 entries- þrjóska noun (state of being stubborn)
Irish
1 entries- ceanndánacht noun (state of being stubborn)
Italian
3 entries- cocciutaggine noun (state of being stubborn)
- ostinazione noun (state of being stubborn)
- testardaggine noun (state of being stubborn)
Japanese
1 entries- 頑固 noun (state of being stubborn)
Kashubian
1 entries- ùpartosc noun (state of being stubborn)
Korean
1 entries- 완고 noun (state of being stubborn)
Latin
1 entries- obstinātiō noun (state of being stubborn)
Macedonian
4 entries- инает noun (state of being stubborn)
- инат noun (state of being stubborn)
- сво́еглавост noun (state of being stubborn)
- твр́доглавост noun (state of being stubborn)
Old English
1 entries- ānwilnes noun (state of being stubborn)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اصرار noun (state of being stubborn)
- تمرد noun (state of being stubborn)
- عناد noun (state of being stubborn)
Polish
2 entries- upartość noun (state of being stubborn)
- upór noun (state of being stubborn)
Portuguese
1 entries- teimosia noun (state of being stubborn)
Romanian
1 entries- încăpățânare noun (state of being stubborn)
Russian
4 entries- твердоло́бость noun (state of being stubborn)
- упо́рство noun (state of being stubborn)
- упря́мство noun (state of being stubborn)
- упёртость noun (state of being stubborn)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- tvrdòglavōst noun (state of being stubborn)
- upórnōst noun (state of being stubborn)
- тврдо̀главо̄ст noun (state of being stubborn)
- упо́рно̄ст noun (state of being stubborn)
Slovak
1 entries- tvrdohlavosť noun (state of being stubborn)
Slovene
2 entries- trma noun (state of being stubborn)
- trmoglavost noun (state of being stubborn)
Spanish
4 entries- cabezonería noun (state of being stubborn)
- cerrazón noun (state of being stubborn)
- terquedad noun (state of being stubborn)
- testarudez noun (state of being stubborn)
Tagalog
3 entries- baltik noun (state of being stubborn)
- kalig-inan noun (state of being stubborn)
- lig-in noun (state of being stubborn)
Thai
1 entries- ความดื้อรั้น noun (state of being stubborn)
Turkish
3 entries- inat noun (state of being stubborn)
- inatçılık noun (state of being stubborn)
- ısrar noun (state of being stubborn)
Ukrainian
1 entries- упе́ртість noun (state of being stubborn)
Urdu
2 entries- اِصْرَار noun (state of being stubborn)
- ضِد noun (state of being stubborn)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
There is no way of curing the stubbornness of the racists.
Source: tatoeba (8170140)
This about the lexicon, stubbornness, the broad beans, the raven and the goat. Everyone thinks that only their beans cook well. The crow, for some people, is a goat, even if they see it fly away. It's like you said.
Source: tatoeba (8780145)
There was a certain stubbornness in his voice.
Source: tatoeba (8838567)
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