stubbornness 音标拼音: [st'ʌbɚnnəs] [st'ʌbɚnəs]
n . 倔强;顽固
倔强;顽固
stubbornness n 1 :
the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [
synonym :
{
stubbornness }, {
obstinacy }, {
obstinance }, {
mulishness }]
2 :
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [
synonym :
{
stubbornness }, {
bullheadedness }, {
obstinacy }, {
obstinance },
{
pigheadedness }, {
self -
will }]
Stubborn \
Stub "
born \,
a . [
OE .
stoburn ,
stiborn ;
probably fr .
AS .
styb a stub .
See {
Stub }.]
Firm as a stub or stump ;
stiff ;
unbending ;
unyielding ;
persistent ;
hence ,
unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion ;
not yielding to reason or persuasion ;
refractory ;
harsh ; --
said of persons and things ;
as ,
stubborn wills ;
stubborn ore ;
a stubborn oak ;
as stubborn as a mule . "
Bow ,
stubborn knees ."
--
Shak . "
Stubborn attention and more than common application ." --
Locke . "
Stubborn Stoics ." --
Swift .
[
1913 Webster ]
And I was young and full of ragerie [
wantonness ]
Stubborn and strong ,
and jolly as a pie . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
These heretics be so stiff and stubborn . --
Sir T .
More .
[
1913 Webster ]
Your stubborn usage of the pope . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Obstinate ;
inflexible ;
obdurate ;
headstrong ;
stiff ;
hardy ;
firm ;
refractory ;
intractable ;
rugged ;
contumacious ;
heady .
Usage : {
Stubborn }, {
Obstinate }.
Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one '
s views or conduct ,
in spite of the wishes of others .
Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy . --
{
Stub "
born *
ly },
adv . -- {
Stub "
born *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
183 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stubbornness ":
adhesiveness ,
antipathy ,
application ,
assiduity ,
assiduousness ,
averseness ,
aversion ,
backwardness ,
balkiness ,
bigotry ,
bulldog tenacity ,
bullheadedness ,
cantankerousness ,
cohesiveness ,
concentration ,
consistency ,
constancy ,
contempt ,
contumaciousness ,
contumacy ,
cursoriness ,
defiance ,
defiance of authority ,
despite ,
determination ,
diligence ,
disagreement ,
disinclination ,
disobedience ,
disrelish ,
dissent ,
distaste ,
dogged perseverance ,
doggedness ,
dogmatism ,
durability ,
endurance ,
engrossment ,
fanaticism ,
fidelity ,
firmness ,
fixed mind ,
foot -
dragging ,
fractiousness ,
fundamentalism ,
gluiness ,
glutinosity ,
grudging consent ,
grudgingness ,
gumminess ,
hardheadedness ,
hardiness ,
hardness ,
headstrongness ,
immovability ,
immutability ,
impliability ,
indefatigability ,
indisposedness ,
indisposition ,
indocility ,
inductility ,
industriousness ,
industry ,
inelasticity ,
inexorability ,
inextensibility ,
inflexibility ,
inflexible will ,
infrangibility ,
insistence ,
insistency ,
intolerance ,
intractability ,
intractableness ,
irresilience ,
irresiliency ,
lack of enthusiasm ,
lack of zeal ,
lastingness ,
leatherlikeness ,
loyalty ,
mulishness ,
mutinousness ,
nolition ,
obduracy ,
obdurateness ,
obstinacy ,
obstinateness ,
obstreperousness ,
opinionatedness ,
opposition ,
orneriness ,
orthodoxy ,
overzealousness ,
patience ,
patience of Job ,
perfunctoriness ,
permanence ,
perseverance ,
persistence ,
persistency ,
pertinaciousness ,
pertinacity ,
pigheadedness ,
plodding ,
plugging ,
precisianism ,
preoccupation ,
purism ,
puritanism ,
recalcitrance ,
recalcitrancy ,
recalcitration ,
refractoriness ,
refusal ,
relentlessness ,
reluctance ,
renitence ,
renitency ,
repugnance ,
resistance ,
resolution ,
restiveness ,
retention ,
rigidity ,
rigidness ,
rigor ,
rigorousness ,
ropiness ,
sedulity ,
sedulousness ,
self -
will ,
single -
mindedness ,
singleness of purpose ,
slogging ,
slowness ,
snugness ,
stability ,
stamina ,
staying power ,
steadfastness ,
steadiness ,
stick -
to -
itiveness ,
stickiness ,
stiff neck ,
stiff -
neckedness ,
stiffness ,
strength ,
stringiness ,
strongheadness ,
sulk ,
sulkiness ,
sulks ,
sullenness ,
tackiness ,
tenaciousness ,
tenacity ,
tightness ,
tirelessness ,
toughness ,
unalterability ,
unbendingness ,
unbreakability ,
unbreakableness ,
uncompromisingness ,
uncooperativeness ,
unenthusiasm ,
unlimberness ,
unmalleability ,
unpliability ,
unregenerateness ,
unrelentingness ,
unremittingness ,
unruliness ,
unswerving attention ,
unwillingness ,
unyieldingness ,
viscidity ,
viscosity ,
vitality ,
wildness ,
willfulness
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STUBBORNNESS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for STUBBORNNESS: persistence, obstinacy, persistency, pigheadedness, intransigence, bullheadedness, obduracy, willfulness; Antonyms of STUBBORNNESS: reasonableness, flexibility, acceptance, acquiescence, receptivity, receptiveness, reasonability, pliability
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