stubborn

IPA: stˈʌbɝn

(informal) Stubbornness.
Short for stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”). [A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.]

Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

Examples of "stubborn" in Sentences

In brackets Alesandra had written the word stubborn.
You think being stubborn is the same as being right.
Are the Republicans just plain stubborn or do they worry that the Dems might just prevail.
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I have to be committed and remain stubborn to only fish for giant bass of the hugest proportions.
We have followed all of the rules, so to take the nomination from him because some want to be stubborn is out of line.
Honey, stubborn is not the same as forward-thinking. 6 out of 6 fashion-forward thinkers agree: a vest simply is not a cardigan.
Mayor Bloomberg for failing to have the will to end discrimination in the FDNY, which he termed a "stubborn bastion of white male privilege."
They stood by in stubborn refusal as Honda and Toyota developed and then sold hybrid cars, and as both Japanese and European auto makers have prototyped and now prepare to sell electric cars.