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Definition of obstinate

"obstinate" in the verb sense

1. obstinate

persist stubbornly

"he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"

"obstinate" in the adjective sense

1. stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

2. cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

3. contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

resistant to guidance or discipline

"Mary Mary quite contrary"

"an obstinate child with a violent temper"

"a perverse mood"

"wayward behavior"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for obstinate

A fool is better than an obstinate man. [ Proverb ]

To persevere
In obstinate condolement, is a course
Of impious stubbornness; 'tis unmanly grief:
It shows a will most incorrect to heaven. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

Fools and obstinate men make the lawyers rich. [ Proverb ]

It is self-conceit that makes opinion obstinate. [ Proverb ]

If a daughter you have, she's the plague of your life,
No peace shall you know though you've buried your wife!
At twenty she mocks at the duty you taught her -
Oh, what a plague is an obstinate daughter! [ Sheridan ]

An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him. [ Pope ]

Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal. [ Johnson ]

People first abandon reason, and then become obstinate; and the deeper they are in error the more angry they are. [ Blair ]

There are few men so obstinate in their atheism whom a pressing danger will not reduce to an acknowledgment of the Divine power. [ Plato ]

Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as an ass? [ Montaigne ]

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant, accommodates itself to the meanest capacities, silences the loud and clamorous, and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible. [ Addison ]

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obstinate in Scrabble®

The word obstinate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters obstinate:

OBSTINATE
(108)
OBSTINATE
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

bastion, battens, biotest, boniest, botnets, instate, niobate, obtains, station, tabinet

 

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obstinate in Words With Friends™

The word obstinate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters obstinate:

OBSTINATE
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

bastion, battens, biotest, boniest, botnets, instate, niobate, obtains, station, tabinet

 

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Words containing the sequence obstinate

Words that start with obstinate (2 words)

obstinateobstinately

Words with obstinate in them (1 word)

obstinate

Words that end with obstinate (1 word)

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Word Growth involving obstinate

Shorter words in obstinate

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Longer words containing obstinate

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