stubborn.
Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
Meaning & usage
Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
People are pretty stubborn about their political beliefs, so why bother arguing?
Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly.
Physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).
Stubbornness.
Ellipsis of stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).
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