stubborn
US: /ˈstəbɝn/
UK: /stˈʌbən/
UK: /stˈʌbən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stubborn /'stʌbən/
- tính từ
- bướng bỉnh, ương bướng, ngoan cố
- as stubborn as a mule: cứng đầu cứng cổ, ương bướng
- ngoan cường
- stubborn struggle: cuộc đấu tranh ngoan cường
- không lay chuyển được; không gò theo được
- facts are stubborn things: sự thật là điều không thể gò theo với lý thuyết được
- stubborn soil: đất khó cày
- bướng bỉnh, ương bướng, ngoan cố
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (often disapproving) determined not to change your opinion or attitude
Synonym: OBSTINATE
He was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong. + She can be as stubborn as a mule. + stubborn pride + a stubborn resistance to change + a stubborn refusal to listen + She has inherited her mother's stubborn streak.
2 difficult to get rid of or deal with: a stubborn cough / stain + a stubborn problem
stubbornly adverb: She stubbornly refused to pay. + Unemployment remains stubbornly high.
stubbornness noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, intransigent, intractable, uncompromising, mulish, pigheaded, refractory, wayward, adamant, recalcitrant, bull-headed, persistent, tenacious, pertinacious, unrelenting, dogged, determined:
He remains stubborn in his refusal to join the group.
Concise English dictionary
stubborner|stubbornest'stʌbə(r)n
adj.
+tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
+not responding to treatment
