[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

stubbornness
     n 1: the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome syn: obstinacy,
           obstinance, mulishness
     2: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires syn: bullheadedness,
         obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will
see also:
obstinacy obstinance mulishness bullheadedness pigheadedness self-will 

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

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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