All 9 Uses of
obstinate
in
Wuthering Heights
- I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least.'†
Chpt 7
- But the uproar passed away in twenty minutes, leaving us all unharmed; excepting Cathy, who got thoroughly drenched for her obstinacy in refusing to take shelter, and standing bonnetless and shawl-less to catch as much water as she could with her hair and clothes.†
Chpt 9
- You may, however, fall out, at last, over something of equal consequence to both sides; and then those you term weak are very capable of being as obstinate as you.'†
Chpt 10
- I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my character and acting on the false impressions she cherished.†
Chpt 14
- He was so obstinate in his resolution, that Heathcliff deemed it expedient to compel from my lips a recapitulation of what had taken place; standing over me, heaving with malevolence, as I reluctantly delivered the account in answer to his questions.†
Chpt 17
- I attempted to persuade him of the naughtiness of showing reluctance to meet his father; still he obstinately resisted any progress towards dressing, and I had to call for my master's assistance in coaxing him out of bed.†
Chpt 20
- Mr. Linton and his daughter would frequently walk out among the reapers; at the carrying of the last sheaves they stayed till dusk, and the evening happening to be chill and damp, my master caught a bad cold, that settled obstinately on his lungs, and confined him indoors throughout the whole of the winter, nearly without intermission.†
Chpt 22
- ...but he was as obstinate as a mule,
Chpt 32 *obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
- 'And supposing you persevered in your obstinate fast, and died by that means, and they refused to bury you in the precincts of the kirk?'†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want