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Meanings of
obstinance
in English
Portuguese
obstinação
Catalan
tossuderia
Back to the meaning
Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
obstinacy
stubbornness
mulishness
pigheadedness
bullheadedness
self-will
Portuguese
obstinação
Synonyms
Examples for "
obstinacy
"
obstinacy
stubbornness
mulishness
pigheadedness
bullheadedness
Examples for "
obstinacy
"
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
.
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
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
obstinance
in English
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
.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
cocky obstinance
renew obstinance
Translations for
obstinance
Portuguese
obstinação
Catalan
tossuderia
caparrudesa
entercament
tossudesa
obstinació
porfídia
entestament
testarrudesa
Obstinance
through the time