obstinateness

ob·sti·nate

O0015900 (ŏb′stə-nĭt)adj.1. a. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.b. Characterized by such adherence: an obstinate refusal.2. Difficult to manage, control, or treat: an obstinate problem; an obstinate headache.

[Middle English obstinat, from Latin obstinātus, past participle of obstināre, to persist; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

ob′sti·nate·ly adv.ob′sti·nate·ness n.Synonyms: stubborn, headstrong, recalcitrant, intractable, bullheaded, pigheaded, mulish
These adjectives mean tenaciously unwilling to yield. Obstinate implies unreasonable rigidity: "Mr. Quincy labored hard with the governor to obtain his assent, but he was obstinate" (Benjamin Franklin).
Stubborn pertains to innate, often perverse resoluteness or unyieldingness: "She was very stubborn when her mind was made up" (Samuel Butler).
One who is headstrong is obstinately bent on having his or her own way: The headstrong senator ignored his constituency. A person who is recalcitrant rebels against authority: The police arrested the recalcitrant protestors. Intractable refers to what is obstinate and difficult to manage or control: "the intractable ferocity of his captive" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Bullheaded suggests foolish or irrational obstinacy, and pigheaded, stupid obstinacy: Don't be bullheaded; see a doctor. "It's a pity pious folks are so apt to be pigheaded" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Mulish implies the obstinacy and intractability associated with a mule: "It is a mark of my own chalky insecurity and mulish youth that I hounded Andy every chance I got" (Brian Doyle).

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obstinateness

noun1. The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding:bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness.2. The quality or condition of being unruly:disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness.

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单词	obstinateness
释义	obstinateness ob·sti·nate O0015900 (ŏb′stə-nĭt)adj.1. a. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.b. Characterized by such adherence: an obstinate refusal.2. Difficult to manage, control, or treat: an obstinate problem; an obstinate headache. [Middle English obstinat, from Latin obstinātus, past participle of obstināre, to persist; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] ob′sti·nate·ly adv.ob′sti·nate·ness n.Synonyms: stubborn, headstrong, recalcitrant, intractable, bullheaded, pigheaded, mulish These adjectives mean tenaciously unwilling to yield. Obstinate implies unreasonable rigidity: "Mr. Quincy labored hard with the governor to obtain his assent, but he was obstinate" (Benjamin Franklin). Stubborn pertains to innate, often perverse resoluteness or unyieldingness: "She was very stubborn when her mind was made up" (Samuel Butler). One who is headstrong is obstinately bent on having his or her own way: The headstrong senator ignored his constituency. A person who is recalcitrant rebels against authority: The police arrested the recalcitrant protestors. Intractable refers to what is obstinate and difficult to manage or control: "the intractable ferocity of his captive" (Edgar Allan Poe). Bullheaded suggests foolish or irrational obstinacy, and pigheaded, stupid obstinacy: Don't be bullheaded; see a doctor. "It's a pity pious folks are so apt to be pigheaded" (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Mulish implies the obstinacy and intractability associated with a mule: "It is a mark of my own chalky insecurity and mulish youth that I hounded Andy every chance I got" (Brian Doyle). Thesaurus obstinateness noun1. The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding:bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness.2. The quality or condition of being unruly:disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness. Translations ostinatezza EncyclopediaSeeObstinacyMedicalSeeobstinate obstinateness Related to obstinateness: puerile, relieve, sedulously noun Synonyms for obstinateness noun the quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding Synonyms bullheadedness doggedness hardheadedness mulishness obstinacy pertinaciousness pertinacity perverseness perversity pigheadedness tenaciousness tenacity willfulness noun the quality or condition of being unruly Synonyms disorderliness fractiousness indocility intractability intractableness obstinacy obstreperousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy refractoriness uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability unruliness untowardness wildness
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obstinateness

ob·sti·nate

obstinateness

obstinateness

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noun the quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding

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noun the quality or condition of being unruly

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