obstinate

obstinate is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
2. adjective. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
3. verb. persist stubbornly

   "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"

4. adjective. resistant to guidance or discipline

   "Mary Mary quite contrary"

   "an obstinate child with a violent temper"

   Synonyms: contrary, perverse, wayward

5. adjective. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

   Synonyms: cussed, obdurate, unrepentant

6. adjective. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

   Synonyms: stubborn, unregenerate

Synonyms

contrary, perverse, wayward, cussed, obdurate, unrepentant, stubborn, unregenerate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in obstinate:

bastionet, bastonite

Common word forms

obstinately, obstinateness

Words from these letters

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