Adjective stubborn has 4 senses
- stubborn - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Antonyms: docile, meek, tame, sheeplike, sheepish, yielding
- refractory, stubborn - not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"
Antonyms: tractable, manipulable (indirect, via intractable)
- stubborn - difficult to treat or deal with; "stubborn rust stains"; "a stubborn case of acne"
Antonym: easy (indirect, via difficult)
- obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - persisting in a reactionary stand
Antonym: reconstructed (indirect, via unreconstructed)
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