Obstinate Mnemonic
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obstinate
obstinate
/ˈɒb.stɪ.nət/
bloody-minded
persistent
stubborn
pertinacious
persistent
unrelenting
inexorable
obstinate
Examples
- The two tribes are obstinate.
- He was the most obstinate and pertinacious.
- She is athletic, obstinate and impetuous.
- The conflict was obstinate, but he was defeated.
- You appear to be obstinate in the extreme.
- But if the Pope was unmoved, the king was characteristically obstinate.
- The reason you are so obstinate is unreasonable.
- The soldiers followed this obstinate pursuit with interest.
- The temper of Hatkars is said to be obstinate and quarrelsome.
- Contumacious or obstinate offenders could expect prison.
persist stubbornly
verb
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
adjective
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
adjective
resistant to guidance or discipline
adjective
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"Ob + Stint. He'll stubbornly object to even a small stint of change."
"Ob + Stain. A stubborn stain refuses to go away."
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