'Stubbornness' definitions:
Definition of 'stubbornness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [syn: stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness]
noun
Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [syn: stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will]
Definition of 'Stubbornness'
From: GCIDE
- Stubborn \Stub"born\, a. [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See Stub.] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. "Bow, stubborn knees." --Shak. "Stubborn attention and more than common application." --Locke. "Stubborn Stoics." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- And I was young and full of ragerie [wantonness] Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
- Your stubborn usage of the pope. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm; refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady.
- Usage: Stubborn, Obstinate. Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishes of others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy. -- {Stub"born*ly}, adv. -- {Stub"born*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stubbornness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adhesiveness,
- antipathy,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- averseness,
- aversion,
- backwardness,
- balkiness,
- bigotry,
- bulldog tenacity,
- bullheadedness,
- cantankerousness,
- cohesiveness,
- concentration,
- consistency,
- constancy,
- contempt,
- contumaciousness,
- contumacy,
- cursoriness,
- defiance,
- defiance of authority,
- despite,
- determination,
- diligence,
- disagreement,
- disinclination,
- disobedience,
- disrelish,
- dissent,
- distaste,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- dogmatism,
- durability,
- endurance,
- engrossment,
- fanaticism,
- fidelity,
- firmness,
- fixed mind,
- foot-dragging,
- fractiousness,
- fundamentalism,
- gluiness,
- glutinosity,
- grudging consent,
- grudgingness,
- gumminess,
- hardheadedness,
- hardiness,
- hardness,
- headstrongness,
- immovability,
- immutability,
- impliability,
- indefatigability,
- indisposedness,
- indisposition,
- indocility,
- inductility,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- inelasticity,
- inexorability,
- inextensibility,
- inflexibility,
- inflexible will,
- infrangibility,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- intolerance,
- intractability,
- intractableness,
- irresilience,
- irresiliency,
- lack of enthusiasm,
- lack of zeal,
- lastingness,
- leatherlikeness,
- loyalty,
- mulishness,
- mutinousness,
- nolition,
- obduracy,
- obdurateness,
- obstinacy,
- obstinateness,
- obstreperousness,
- opinionatedness,
- opposition,
- orneriness,
- orthodoxy,
- overzealousness,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- perfunctoriness,
- permanence,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pigheadedness,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- precisianism,
- preoccupation,
- purism,
- puritanism,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- relentlessness,
- reluctance,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repugnance,
- resistance,
- resolution,
- restiveness,
- retention,
- rigidity,
- rigidness,
- rigor,
- rigorousness,
- ropiness,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- self-will,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- slowness,
- snugness,
- stability,
- stamina,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stickiness,
- stiff neck,
- stiff-neckedness,
- stiffness,
- strength,
- stringiness,
- strongheadness,
- sulk,
- sulkiness,
- sulks,
- sullenness,
- tackiness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tightness,
- tirelessness,
- toughness,
- unalterability,
- unbendingness,
- unbreakability,
- unbreakableness,
- uncompromisingness,
- uncooperativeness,
- unenthusiasm,
- unlimberness,
- unmalleability,
- unpliability,
- unregenerateness,
- unrelentingness,
- unremittingness,
- unruliness,
- unswerving attention,
- unwillingness,
- unyieldingness,
- viscidity,
- viscosity,
- vitality,
- wildness,
- willfulness