[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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"bornly, adv. -- stub"bornness, n.
          1913 webster
see also:
stub stubborn obstinate stub"bornly stub"bornness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stubborn
     adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness
            to yield ant: docile
     2: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a
        refractory case of acne" syn: refractory
     3: difficult to treat or deal with; "stubborn rust stains"; "a
        stubborn case of acne"
     4: persisting in a reactionary stand syn: obstinate, unregenerate
see also:
docile refractory obstinate unregenerate 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

189 moby thesaurus words for "stubborn":
   adamant, adamantine, adherent, adhesive, assiduous, balking, balky,
   bigoted, bulldogged, bulldoggish, bulldoggy, bulletheaded,
   bullheaded, cantankerous, cartilaginous, case-hardened, chewy,
   clingy, cohesive, constant, continuing, contumacious, coriaceous,
   determined, diligent, dogged, dogmatic, dour, durable, enduring,
   faithful, fanatic, fibrous, firm, fundamentalist, gluey, glutinous,
   gristly, gummy, hard, hardheaded, hardy, headstrong, hidebound,
   immovable, immutable, impliable, inalterable, indefatigable,
   indomitable, inductile, industrious, inelastic, inexorable,
   inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, insistent,
   insubordinate, intolerant, intractable, intractile, intransigent,
   invincible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irresilient,
   lasting, leatherlike, leathery, loyal, mulish, muscle-bound,
   never-tiring, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate, obstinate,
   opinionated, ornery, orthodox, overzealous, patient,
   patient as job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent,
   persisting, pertinacious, pigheaded, plodding, plugging,
   preoccupied, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic,
   rapt, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resistant,
   resolute, restive, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous,
   rockbound, ropy, sedulous, self-adhesive, self-willed, set, sinewy,
   single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady,
   stickable, sticky, stiff, stiff-necked, straightlaced, straitlaced,
   stringy, strong, strong-willed, strongheaded, stunt, sulky, sullen,
   tacky, tenacious, tireless, tough, tough as leather, unabating,
   unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, unconquerable,
   uncooperative, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unextendible,
   unextensible, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflexible,
   unflinching, ungiving, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unlimber,
   unmalleable, unnodding, unpliable, unpliant, unregenerate,
   unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving,
   untiring, untractable, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying,
   unwinking, unyielding, utterly attentive, vigorous, viscid,
   wayward, weariless, willful, wiry

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