Adjective obstinate has 3 senses
  1. cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
    Antonym: regenerate (indirect, via unregenerate)
  2. contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward - resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
    Antonym: obedient (indirect, via disobedient)
  3. obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - persisting in a reactionary stand
    Antonym: reconstructed (indirect, via unreconstructed)
,Verb obstinate has 1 sense
  1. obstinate - persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
    --1 is one way to
    persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
    Derived form: noun obstinance2
    Sample sentence:
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