obstinate
ob|sti|nate /'ɒbstɪnət/
1 [ADJ]
If you describe someone as obstinate, you are being critical of them because they are very determined to do what they want, and refuse to change their mind or be persuaded to do something else.
He is obstinate and determined and will not give up...
= stubborn
● obstinately [ADV] ADV with v
I stayed obstinately in my room, sitting by the telephone...
= stubbornly
● obstinacy [N-UNCOUNT]
I might have become a dangerous man with all that stubbornness and obstinacy built into me.
= stubbornness
2 [ADJ]
You can describe things as obstinate when they are difficult to move, change, or destroy.
...rusted farm equipment strewn among the obstinate weeds.
● obstinately [ADV] ADV with v
...the door of the shop which obstinately stayed closed when he tried to push it open.
1 [ADJ]
If you describe someone as obstinate, you are being critical of them because they are very determined to do what they want, and refuse to change their mind or be persuaded to do something else.
He is obstinate and determined and will not give up...
= stubborn
● obstinately [ADV] ADV with v
I stayed obstinately in my room, sitting by the telephone...
= stubbornly
● obstinacy [N-UNCOUNT]
I might have become a dangerous man with all that stubbornness and obstinacy built into me.
= stubbornness
2 [ADJ]
You can describe things as obstinate when they are difficult to move, change, or destroy.
...rusted farm equipment strewn among the obstinate weeds.
● obstinately [ADV] ADV with v
...the door of the shop which obstinately stayed closed when he tried to push it open.