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Meanings of obstinacy in English
Portuguese
obstinação Catalan
tossuderia Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
Synonyms
Examples for "stubbornness"
Examples for "stubbornness"
1
The natural stubbornness on which he had counted hardened in her face.
2
Don't think I am not aware of the source of your stubbornness.
3
Some call this principle, a kind of stubbornness the hard left admire.
4
I've got a bit of faith in the stubbornness of human nature.
5
But he doesn't say this; he has a stubbornness to match hers.
1
He did not like this mulishness, this almost ostentatious look of obduracy.
2
And Lanyard shrugged appreciation of the futility of more contention against such mulishness.
3
The acute form of this mulishness is writer's block.
4
I shall not tell the name of the book (mere mulishness!)
5
Separate honor from mulishness if you can.
1
Oh, you've got some of the old man's pigheadedness, have you?
2
For all his pigheadedness, Toby had a base, savage cunning.
3
Between Nate's pigheadedness and her responsibilities, she hadn't had much play in her life.
4
Gee, labor is unrestful... and gee, the pigheadedness of bosses!
5
I could still recall the words she had used, 'selfishness' and 'pigheadedness' were merely two.
1
Then he thought it up, and we break through his bullheadedness.
2
Do you know what you've done with your bullheadedness?
3
Presson understood better, but could not forgive the bullheadedness that seemed to be wrecking their political plans.
4
The understaffing of the reconstruction and the lack of post-combat planning wasn't the result merely of Donald Rumsfeld's bullheadedness.
5
Other was plain, human bullheadedness.
1
And Jennie's cocky obstinance indicated she was aware of it.
2
Ferrell's Lars is a character whose obstinance makes it hard to root for him.
3
But the urgency outside has only met a wall of politics and obstinance inside the convention centre.
4
Her eyes were glittery with renewed obstinance.
1
It needs much discipline and watchfulness; it excludes all self-will and selfishness.
2
Johnson asserted the power of intellect and self-will over mind and body.
3
There is music in heaven, because in music there is no self-will.
4
In this case, the bondage of self-will is found to be absolute.
5
There was neither self-will, perverseness, nor antagonism, in this; but paralysis instead.
Usage of obstinacy in English
1
There is something awful in the obstinacy of the assaults upon us.
2
The general's patience was gradually vanishing in the face of such obstinacy.
3
That, and a good portion of obstinacy, he thought with a smile.
4
Wherever they passed, there did the fight augment in obstinacy and fury.
5
The girl comprehended without hearing, and shook her head in sullen obstinacy.
6
I sense more here than simple stubbornness, more even than sinful obstinacy.
7
The old woman stuck to her guns with the obstinacy of age.
8
The Imperials refused to break; Ullen had to admire their inspired obstinacy.
9
Perhaps Shairez was about to explain that obstinacy of theirs to him.
10
Her ivory forehead was wrinkled charmingly in a little frown of obstinacy.
11
And there was a sort of dull, lifeless obstinacy in his voice.
12
And the obstinacy of monarchs is not as that of other men.
13
But she had steeled herself to obstinacy against him in all things.
14
You are only lowering yourself in my estimation by showing this obstinacy.
15
It is downright obstinacy-forgiveme for saying so-topersist in your refusal.
16
He looked at the fixed obstinacy of the Archdeacon's face and said:
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Translations for obstinacy
Portuguese
Obstinacy through the time
Obstinacy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare