Words and phrases that have a meaning related to stubborn: (143 results)
Antonyms:
docile
Often used in the same context:
obstinate, obdurate, tenacious, resolute, ornery, mulish, unyielding, unbending, pigheaded, headstrong, intransigent, persistent, feisty, bullheaded, plucky, timid, doughty, recalcitrant, steadfast, irascible, scrappy, inflexible, implacable, dogmatic, cantankerous, brittle, incorrigible, stoic, grumpy, indomitable, resourceful, arrogant, wily, truculent, brave, cranky, temperamental, persevering, courageous, defiant, tough, staunch, ruthless, hardheaded, prickly, resilient, pragmatic, relentless, steely, gutsy, softhearted, crabby, intractable, stoical, prideful, frustrated, combative, domineering, flinty, ferocious, hopeless, grouchy, pugnacious, dour, fatalistic, bossy, belligerent, pesky, entrenched, tightfisted, impatient, industrious, unrelenting, quarrelsome, rebellious, resentful, unsympathetic, thickheaded, stingy, fickle, unmovable, spineless, egoistical, obstreperous, unaccommodating, unshakable, perseverant, selfish, fearless, hardened, surly, crafty, blockheaded, humble, peevish, stout, miserly, unconquerable, dogged, impetuous, forceful, indecisive, unflinching, timorous, wicked, braver, conceited, dauntless
Appears in the definition of:
., curmudgeon, cussedly, doctrinaire, dogmatist, domestic ass, donkey, equus asinus, mulishly, nonconformist, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, recalcitrant, refractory, stand out, stiff-necked, streak, stubbornly
Synonyms:
Also try:bloody-minded, bolshy, bulldog, bullet-headed, contrarious, cross-grained, determined, difficult, hard, pertinacious, strong-minded, strong-willed, stroppy, unreconstructed, unregenerate
— Nouns for stubborn: resistance, man, refusal, opposition, will, pride, determination, facts, fact, fight, streak, more...
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