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What is another word for obstinate?

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Stubbornly or unreasonably adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course

Resistant to control or authority

Not easy to please or satisfy

Cantankerous, stubborn, or disagreeable

Advocating the upholding or maintenance of tradition

Demonstrating a lack of intelligence, rationality or good judgment

Displaying a lack of sympathy, empathy or general emotions

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Stubbornly or unreasonably adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

full of determination

focused^US

focussed^UK

as stubborn as a mule

standing one's ground

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

galvanized^US

sticking to one's guns

galvanised^UK

fossilized^US

fossilised^UK

proof against persuasion

committed to the idea of

as tough as old boots

hang-tough

full-blooded

intensely competitive

having killer instinct

of preconceived ideas

nose to the grindstone

parti pris

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“In his prose, he becomes a powerful presence, a personality with obstinate opinions and sardonic asides.”

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Resistant to control or authority

obstinately disobedient

without law and order

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

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“He feels himself ridiculous and guilty, under this tree, begging this obstinate child to come down and talk to him.”

Adjective

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Not easy to please or satisfy

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

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Adjective

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Cantankerous, stubborn, or disagreeable

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

as cross as two sticks

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

having a fit of the sulks

in a funk

thin-skinned

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

accidentally on purpose

humourless^UK

humorless^US

got up on wrong side of bed

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Advocating the upholding or maintenance of tradition

counter-revolutionary

set in one's opinions

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Demonstrating a lack of intelligence, rationality or good judgment

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

thick as two short planks

not the full shilling

flakey^US

flaky^UK

stupidly irresponsible

devoid of intelligence

beyond the bounds of possibility

away with the fairies

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

out of one's head

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Displaying a lack of sympathy, empathy or general emotions

toughened by experience

as tough as old boots

with a heart of stone

having a killer instinct

gray^US

grey^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

full of determination

as stubborn as a mule

proof against persuasion

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

deaf to reason

wrong-headed

focused^US

focussed^UK

sticking to one's guns

committed to the idea of

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