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

  • (..) - Mom? - Bella? - Mom? - There you are. That's my favorite part. You were a stubborn child, weren't you? - She's not even here. - No. Sorry. You know, but you really made it too easy. So to make things more entertaining, (..)
    2008 Twilight