stubborn

Definition

  • adjective: refusing to change your ideas or to stop doing something
  • adjective: unreasonably or perversely unyielding
  • synonyms: mulish, refractory, obdurate

Examples

  • He's '(as) stubborn as a mule'. [=he's very/extremely stubborn]

  • She 'has a stubborn streak'. [=she is often stubborn]

  • She's wrong, but she's too 'stubborn' to admit it.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) his ancestral home? Because you'll allow him to lead the Tully forces safely north. Have you ever met the Blackfish? - No. - He's even more stubborn than you are. All right. Try to talk some sense into the old goat. He won't listen, but his men might. Not everybody wants to die (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: No One Season: 6 Episode 8