stubborn

adjective

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There are 2 syllables in the word stubborn.

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stub · born

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Definition of stubborn:

stubborn (adjective):: persistent and determined; justifiably unyielding resolute; unreasonably or perversely unyielding mulish; tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.

Synonyms for stubborn:

adamant

adamantine

bloody-minded

bolshy

bull-headed

bullet-headed

bullheaded

cantankerous

contrarious

contumacious

cross-grained

determined

disobedient

dogged

dour

fixed

hard

hard-nosed

hardened

hardheaded

headstrong

immovable

implacable

inflexible

intractable

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Antonyms for stubborn:

accommodating

altruistic

amenable

beneficent

benevolent

big-hearted

bighearted

charitable

compliant

content

disposed

eager

enthusiastic

freewill

generous

giving

glad

happy

inclined

keen

kind

magnanimous

nice

obliging

open

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