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obstinate
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  • Fudge reddened slightly, but a defiant and obstinate look came over his face.  (source)
    obstinate = stubborn and unyielding to the wishes of others
  • At thirty-two years old, she had a dogged determination that bordered on obstinate.  (source)
    obstinate = being stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
  • Elizabeth fiddles with a clump of hair that's slipped out of her roller, grimaces at its obstinacy.  (source)
    obstinacy = refusal to do what she wants
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  • My proud and obstinate husband refuses to ask mere demigods for help again.  (source)
    obstinate = stubborn
  • I've clung with such idiotic obstinacy to my idea of what's best for you, though it's only hurt you.  (source)
    obstinacy = stubborn unyielding to the wishes of others
  • He wished the clock would chime and tell him just how close to right he was, but the clock was obstinately silent.  (source)
    obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
  • " Errol Morris, film documentarian, who appears in this book, shares the obstinancy of Cameron: "Truth is not relative.... It may be elusive or hidden.†  (source)
    obstinancy = the trait of being stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
    unconventional spelling: Obstinacy is a more common spelling.
  • The intricate obstinacies of village mullahs opposed to educating girls were invisible from this altitude, Mortenson thought.†  (source)
  • Unheard off obstinates!†  (source)
  • And I've had enough of you too - you beastly, stuck-up, obstinate pig!  (source)
    obstinate = stubborn
  • After the expedition, Neal Beidleman pointed out that if Andy's regulator had become fouled with ice, the gauge might have registered empty even though the canisters were full, which would explain his bizarre obstinacy.  (source)
    obstinacy = stubbornness
  • ...inflexible, obstinately true to his own ideas:  (source)
    obstinately = stubbornly unyieldingly
  • In light of their obstinancy, I called Jaime in and told him to get ready to accompany me to the cemetery to steal Rosa's body.†  (source)
    obstinancy = the trait of being stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
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