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

  • (..) Don't you "honey" me, honey! Get your butt back in that car, you drive over and see 'em, and then maybe we'll talk. Jake! You dumb, stubborn, redneck hick! The only reason you won't sign these papers is 'cause I want you to! Wrong! The only reason (..)
    2002 Sweet Home Alabama
  • (..) Come on, shut up, hound! Lie down. Go on, stay. Now, how can I help you? Well, for starters, you can get your stubborn ass down here and give me a divorce. Come on, Jake, I mean it. The joke's over. Let's just finish this. (..)
    2002 Sweet Home Alabama