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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"

Similar:

refractory intractable
adjective
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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Similar:

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

Opposite:

docile

Examples of stubborn

"a stubborn infection"
"stubborn rust stains"