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
Maybe she was too obstinate or self-destructive; maybe her vision was a tad too strange for middle-of-the-road record-buyers in the early ’70s.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
She had an obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing obstinate
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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