Synonym: adamant, headstrong, inflexible, obstinate, rigid, unyielding, willful. Antonym: docile. Similar words: born, suborn, born of, tube, ribbon, bubble, rubber, study. Meaning: ['stʌbə(r)n] adj. 1. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield 2. not responding to treatment.
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61. Beyond our most stubborn misperception lies often our fondest dream. Robert Brault
62. Tackling these more stubborn obstacles will boil down to better schools and plain old dollars and cents.
63. What accounted for this stubborn resistance of nationalities to the predicted assimilation?
64. She was behaving like an ostrich about Old Red - and a stubborn ostrich at that!
65. The more stubborn food particles can be removed by gentle scrubbing with wire wool.
66. These appear to be the most stubborn obstacles to our believing that the inscription reproduces essentially the words of Themistokles.
67. He was at his most stubborn, and gave the predictable answers to the obvious questions.
68. The candour, the openness that had come from David's stubborn trust in himself had been overlaid by his new self-confidence.
69. He was so very stubborn and single-minded when he went after something he wanted.
70. Only a very stubborn man could have believed that reason would prevail in a case such as this one.
71. Remove stubborn caramelised turkey grease from the roasting tray by filling it with a solution of biological washing powder.
72. You are the most stubborn, irritating child I have ever come across!
73. Halflings are excellent bowmen and stubborn fighters despite their rather diminutive size.
74. Stubborn patches of dry skin can be removed with a rough skin remover cream, rubbed in, then rinsed off.
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75. Lighter fuel can be used to remove more stubborn stains.
76. During her childhood Kate often heard stories about herself in which she was cast as both spunky and stubborn.
77. Even then these stubborn blue lines retreated in fairly good order.
78. Edward, why is your country so resistant, why are you so stubborn?
79. I doubt that my stubborn friend, their lawyer, ever gave an inch, either.
80. This can be a helpful approach in discussion - some one may regard you as stubborn, whereas you see yourself as determined.
81. It amazed me, to tell you the truth, that you could be so stubborn.
82. In this way she seems to be a very stubborn character.
83. She also is nicely complicated: at times arrogant, stubborn, wrong-headed and voyeuristic.
84. The restrictive practices of stubborn unions keep the new colour-printing presses idle.
85. Luckily, I had that stubborn streak to give me the determination to do it.
86. Can't you get that into your stubborn skull, Mr Hebden?
87. He had to cancel a meeting at Camp David, complaining of a stubborn cold and hoarse throat.
88. She was a stubborn, loyal Aries, the best kind of friend to have.
89. However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.
90. As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.