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stubborn |
Grep of noun stubborn stubbornness Overview of adj stubborn The adj stubborn has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) stubborn -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield) 2. refractory, stubborn -- ((medicine) not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne") 3. stubborn -- (difficult to treat or deal with "stubborn rust stains"; "a stubborn case of acne") 4. obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate -- (persisting in a reactionary stand) Antonyms of adj stubborn 4 senses of stubborn Sense 1 stubborn (vs. docile) docile (vs. stubborn) => meek, tame => sheeplike, sheepish => yielding Sense 2 refractory, stubborn INDIRECT (VIA intractable) -> tractable Sense 3 stubborn INDIRECT (VIA difficult) -> easy Sense 4 obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate INDIRECT (VIA unreconstructed) -> reconstructed Similarity of adj stubborn 4 senses of stubborn Sense 1 stubborn (vs. docile) => bloody-minded, cantankerous => bolshy, stroppy => bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded => contrarious, cross-grained => determined => bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding => hardheaded, mulish => stiff-necked => strong-minded, strong-willed Also See-> disobedient#1; intractable#1 Sense 2 refractory, stubborn => intractable (vs. tractable) Sense 3 stubborn => difficult (vs. easy), hard Sense 4 obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate => unreconstructed (vs. reconstructed) Attributes of adj stubborn Familiarity of adj stubborn stubborn used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj stubborn stubborn Overview of adj stubborn The adj stubborn has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) stubborn -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield) 2. refractory, stubborn -- ((medicine) not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne") 3. stubborn -- (difficult to treat or deal with "stubborn rust stains"; "a stubborn case of acne") 4. obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate -- (persisting in a reactionary stand)
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