All 9 Uses of
obstinate
in
Oliver Twist
- Bumble shook his head, as he replied, 'Obstinate people, Mr. Sowerberry; very obstinate.†
Chpt 5
- Bumble shook his head, as he replied, 'Obstinate people, Mr. Sowerberry; very obstinate.†
Chpt 5
- 'Can't you look at the gentleman, you obstinate boy?' said Mrs. Mann.†
Chpt 17
- There's a obstinate pauper for you!'
Chpt 23 *obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
- 'Change it!' exclaimed the Jew, exasperated beyond all bounds by his companion's unexpected obstinacy, and the vexation of the night, 'I will change it!†
Chpt 26
- If he were not discharged, it is very unlikely that he could receive any further punishment than being committed to prison as a rogue and vagabond; and of course ever afterwards his mouth would be so obstinately closed that he might as well, for our purposes, be deaf, dumb, blind, and an idiot.'†
Chpt 41
- 'Then I do,' said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection to the girl going where she listed.†
Chpt 44
- 'Obstinacy; woman's obstinacy, I suppose, my dear.'†
Chpt 44
- 'Obstinacy; woman's obstinacy, I suppose, my dear.'†
Chpt 44
Definition:
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(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want