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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
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- 1adjective
Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
- 2adjective
Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
- 3verb
persist stubbornly
"he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
- 4adjective
resistant to guidance or discipline
"Mary Mary quite contrary"
"an obstinate child with a violent temper"
- 5adjective
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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- 6adjective
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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