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stubborn

/'stəbərn/

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adjective
not responding to treatment
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"a stubborn infection" "stubborn rust stains"

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refractory intractable
adjective
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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obstinate unregenerate cross-grained determined dogged dour hardheaded mulish persistent pertinacious pigheaded stiff-necked strong-minded strong-willed stroppy tenacious bloody-minded unyielding bolshy bullet-headed bullheaded cantankerous contrarious

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docile

Definition that contains stubborn

persistent stubbornly unyielding
obstinate stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
tenacious stubbornly unyielding
dogged stubbornly unyielding
unyielding stubbornly unyielding
cantankerous stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
unrepentant stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
cussed stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
fractious stubbornly resistant to authority or control
dour stubbornly unyielding