Definitions for obstinate
ˈɒb stə nɪtob·sti·nate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. stubborn, obstinate, unregenerateadjective

   tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

2. cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentantadjective

   stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

3. contrary, obstinate, perverse, waywardverb

   resistant to guidance or discipline

   "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

4. obstinateverb

   persist stubbornly

   "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. obstinateadjective

   Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.

2. obstinateadjective

   Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.

3. Etymology: From obstinatus, past participle of obstino, from + *, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OBSTINATEadjective

   Stubborn; contumacious; fixed in resolution. Absolutely used, it has an ill sense; but relatively, it is neutral.

   Etymology: obstinatus, Lat.

   The queen is obstinate,
   Stubborn to justice, apt t’ accuse it, and
   Disdainful to be try’d by’t. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Yield,
   Except you mean with obstinate repulse,
   To slay your sov’reign. William Shakespeare.

   I have known great cures done by obstinate resolutions of drinking no wine. William Temple.

   Her father did not fail to find
   In all she spoke, the greatness of her mind;
   Yet thought she was not obstinate to die,
   Nor deem’d the death she promis’d was so nigh. Dryden.

   Look on Simo’s mate;
   No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. Alexander Pope, Ep. ii.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obstinate

   Obstinate refers to someone who is stubbornly refusing to change their opinion or course of action, regardless of attempts to persuade them to do so. It often suggests a strong-willed or persistent determination and can sometimes be interpreted as a negative trait implying inflexibility or unreasonableness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Obstinateadjective

   pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness

2. Obstinateadjective

   not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Obstinate

   ob′sti-nāt, adj. blindly or excessively firm: unyielding: stubborn: not easily subdued or remedied.—ns. Ob′stinacy, Ob′stinateness, the condition of being obstinate: excess of firmness: stubbornness: fixedness that yields with difficulty, as a disease.—adv. Ob′stinately. [L. obstināre, -ātum—ob, in the way of, stāre, to stand.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obstinate

   In a military sense, means determined; fixed in resolution; as, an obstinate resistance.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obstinate

   Always blaming never accepting responsibility.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on September 22, 2019  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obstinate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obstinate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of obstinate in a Sentence

1. Proverb:

   Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers. #satyamevjayate

2. Hazlitt:

   Obstinate silence implies either a mean opinion of ourselves, or a contempt for our company; and it is the more provoking, as others do not know to which of these causes to attribute it?whether humility or pride.

3. Shimon Peres:

   Leading the Jewish people is not easy-we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp-wittedness and polemics to a very high level.

4. John Moorlach:

   You can’t just keep tying the hands of people that are trying help out by just being obstinate about it, we’ve got to find our balance; we’ve gotta say, you know, ‘When does compassion kick in,’ more than ‘Not in my backyard.’ Because, baby, it is in your backyard. It’s on your riding trails. It’s on Fairview Park. We’ve got homeless everywhere.

5. William Hazlitt:

   There is nothing more likely to drive a person mad than...an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obstinate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obstinate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=obstinate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obstinate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=obstinate
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html