obstinate
Example Sentences
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The girl you last saw was angry and obstinate with nowhere to put her rage.
From Literature
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As an evocation of a remarkable figure, by turns obstinate and unexpectedly endearing, Longford’s book remains unsurpassed.
Her critical “confidence . . . is thrillingly anachronistic: obstinate, sure, but warming, too.”
While the central meaning of all this has yet to be revealed, Seehorn’s performance of Carol’s obstinate loneliness is wrenchingly genuine to anyone who has ever felt alone in a sea of smiling strangers.
From Salon
The guard was obstinate in refusing to provide one.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.