obstinate (v.)
obstinate (adj.)
- adamant
- adherent
- adhesive
- adversative
- adverse
- alien
- antagonistic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetic
- assiduous
- balking
- balky
- beefy
- bigoted
- bloody-minded
- bouncing
- bound
- bullheaded
- case-hardened
- clashing
- closed-minded
- committed
- competitive
- conflicting
- constant
- continuing
- contradictory
- contrary
- contumacious
- costive
- counter
- crabbed
- cross
- deaf
- decided
- decisive
- dedicated
- definite
- determined
- devoted
- diligent
- disobedient
- dissentient
- dogged
- dogmatic
- dour
- earnest
- enduring
- faithful
- fanatic
- firm
- fixed
- forceful
- forcible
- fractious
- froward
- full-blooded
- full-strength
- fundamentalist
- gluey
- glutinous
- gummy
- gutsy
- hale
- hard
- hardheaded
- hardy
- headstrong
- hearty
- hefty
- hidebound
- hostile
- husky
- immovable
- immutable
- impervious
- inalterable
- indefatigable
- indomitable
- industrious
- inexorable
- inflexible
- inimical
- insistent
- intolerant
- intractable
- intransigent
- invincible
- iron
- ironclad
- lasting
- lawless
- loyal
- lusty
- mighty
- mulish
- muscle-bound
- naughty
- negative
- nervy
- nonconforming
- obdurate
- opinionated
- opponent
- opposed
- opposing
- opposite
- oppositive
- orthodox
- overzealous
- patient
- permanent
- persevering
- persistent
- persisting
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- plodding
- potent
- powerful
- preoccupied
- procrustean
- puissant
- puritanic
- purposeful
- rapt
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- recusant
- red-blooded
- refractory
- relentless
- repugnant
- resistant
- resolute
- resolved
- restive
- rigid
- rigorous
- robust
- robustious
- rockbound
- rugged
- sedulous
- self-willed
- serious
- set
- sincere
- single-minded
- sleepless
- stable
- stalwart
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- steely
- sticky
- stiff
- stiff-necked
- stony
- stout
- straightlaced
- straitlaced
- strapping
- strong
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- sturdy
- sulky
- sullen
- tacky
- tenacious
- tireless
- tough
- unbending
- unchangeable
- uncompromising
- unconquerable
- uncooperative
- undaunted
- undisciplined
- undiscouraged
- undutiful
- unfailing
- unfaltering
- unfavorable
- unflagging
- unflinching
- unfriendly
- unimpressionable
- uninterrupted
- unmovable
- unmoving
- unpersuadable
- unpropitious
- unreceptive
- unregenerate
- unrelenting
- unremitting
- unresponsive
- unsleeping
- unsubmissive
- unsusceptible
- unswerving
- untiring
- unwavering
- unwearied
- unwearying
- unyielding
- vigorous
- violative
- viscid
- wayward
- wholehearted
- willful
- wrongheaded
Those obstinate questionings
Of sense and outward things,
Fallings from us, vanishings,
Blank misgivings of a creature
Moving about in worlds not realized,
High instincts before which our mortal nature
Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised.
