obstinate
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Her critical “confidence . . . is thrillingly anachronistic: obstinate, sure, but warming, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The guard was obstinate in refusing to provide one.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2025
"Depending what mood I was in, or what mood he was in, I would think of a word that he might have been that day, like obstinate," he laughed.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024
Chida was born scrappy — heso magari, literally translated from Japanese as a crooked belly button, a phrase that connotes a contrarian and obstinate nature, his mother said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
She had a book, but she wasn’t reading; her legs were thrown over the arm of her chair, one bare heel kicking, with obstinate, lethargic rhythm, at the wicker side.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing obstinate
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