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stubbornly not doing what others want- She is an obstinate child who will not follow the family rules.
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
- He is obstinate as a mule.
- ...but he was as obstinate as a mule,Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
- It was in vain to argue with him, for he was a very obstinate man.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- with a most obstinate and ill-judged secrecy, she would tell nothing, would give no clue, though she certainly knew all.Jane Austen -- Sense and Sensibility
- I sat in the tiny, cheap hotel room we had rented and tried to reason with her, but it did no good. She was obstinate.Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
- ...but it's never a good idea to nag and push a man, as it only makes them the more obstinate.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- Levin hearing these voices sat scowling in an easy-chair in his wife's bedroom, and maintained an obstinate silence when she asked him what was wrong.Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
- For over a year, I had lobbied for it, and he had obstinately refused.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
- You know how obstinate men are when they get their backs up.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- "I'll do as I choose and go as I please," said Bilbo obstinately.J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring
- They were an obstinate lot, it would take a long time to persuade one of them to go with him,Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- He was so certain of the truth of his assertion that he had become obstinate, as people do in violent arguments.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- "I want the gum!" Violet said obstinately.Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
- But this time Pyotr Ilyitch was as obstinate as a mule.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- He wished the clock would chime and tell him just how close to right he was, but the clock was obstinately silent.Stephen King -- Misery
- ...but the obstinate old man was not to be moved.Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- He is very decided, but never will be obstinate, if you reason kindly, not oppose impatiently.Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
- ...a faint spark of hope, obstinately refusing to die, brought him out each dawn to scour the heavens for a sign.Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve
- Elizabeth fiddles with a clump of hair that's slipped out of her roller, grimaces at its obstinacy.Kathryn Stockett -- The Help
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
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obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
obstinate = stubborn
obstinately = stubbornly
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
obstinately = stubbornly
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
obstinate = stubbornly not doing what others want
obstinately = stubbornly
obstinacy = refusal to do what she wants