| Main Entry: | stubborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obstinate, unyielding |
Synonyms: |
adamant, balky, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, hardheaded, headstrong, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough, unbending, unmanageable, unreasonable, unshakable, untoward, willful |
Antonyms: |
broad-minded, complacent, compliant, giving, willing, yielding |
| Main Entry: | adamant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unyielding |
Synonyms: |
determined, firm, fixed, hanging tough, hard-nosed, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, pat, relentless, resolute, rigid, set, set in stone, standing pat, stiff, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable, unswayable |
Antonyms: |
flexible, pliant, submissive, yielding |
| Main Entry: | balky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncooperative |
Synonyms: |
averse, contrary, hesitant, immovable, indisposed, inflexible, intractable, loath, negative, negativistic, obstinate, ornery, perverse, reluctant, stubborn, unbending, unmanageable, unpredictable, unruly |
Antonyms: |
cooperative |
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | chronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant, never-ending |
Synonyms: |
abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, long-lived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, protracted, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual |
Antonyms: |
curable, eradicable, intermittent, occasional, temporary |
| Main Entry: | contrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic; opposite |
Synonyms: |
adverse, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, balky, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrariant, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissentient, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, wrongheaded |
Antonyms: |
accommodating, agreeing, alike, concordant, correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar |
| Main Entry: | contumacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | headstrong, obstinate |
Synonyms: |
alienated, contrary, disaffected, estranged, factious, froward, haughty, inflexible, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, intransigent, irreconcilable, mutinous, obdurate, perverse, pig-headed, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, seditious, stubborn, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
following, obedient, subordinate, tractable, willing |
| Main Entry: | deaf |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling |
Synonyms: |
bullheaded, headstrong, indifferent, intractable, mulish, oblivious, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, strong-willed, stubborn, to listen blind, unaware, unconcerned, unhearing, unmoved |
Antonyms: |
attentive, aware, conscious, listening, willing |
| Main Entry: | determined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driven, persistent |
Synonyms: |
bent, bent on, buckled down, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, intent, mean business, obstinate, on ice, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, set on, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, unwavering |
Antonyms: |
flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak |
| Main Entry: | doctrinaire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dogmatic, opinionated |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded, dictative, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, speculative, stiff-necked, stubborn, unrealistic |
Antonyms: |
amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive |