Meanings
plural stubbornnesses
- countableuncountableThe state of being stubborn.
[H]appy is your Grace / That can tranſlate the ſtubbornneſſe of fortune / Into ſo quiet and ſo ſweet a ſtile.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 190, column 11 more example
Brant Rios and Eos Parish have been dating five years and experienced their state’s stubbornness firsthand Friday when they were the first couple to arrive at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse to be wed – and were the first to be turned away.
2015 June 30, Eliott C. McLaughlin, “Despite same-sex marriage ruling, spasms of resistance persist”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2017Synonyms: obstinacy, doggedness, conviction, insistence, pertinacity, self-will, recalcitrance, resolve
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being stubborn.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
nounresolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic عِنَاد
- عِنَاد (ʕinād)state of being stubborn
Bulgarian упори́тост, ина́т
- упори́тост (uporítost)state of being stubborn
- ина́т (inát)state of being stubborn
Catalan tossuderia, entercament
- tossuderiastate of being stubborn
- entercamentstate of being stubborn
Chinese Mandarin 頑固 /顽固, 固執 /固执
- 頑固 /顽固 (wángù)state of being stubborn
- 固執 /固执 (gùzhí)state of being stubborn
Czech tvrdohlavost
- tvrdohlavoststate of being stubborn
Danish stædighed
- stædighedstate of being stubborn
Dutch halsstarrigheid
- halsstarrigheidstate of being stubborn
Esperanto obstino
- obstinostate of being stubborn
Finnish itsepäisyys, jääräpäisyys
- itsepäisyysstate of being stubborn
- jääräpäisyysstate of being stubborn
French entêtement
- entêtementstate of being stubborn
German Sturheit
- Sturheitstate of being stubborn
Greek πείσμα, ισχυρογνωμοσύνη
- πείσμα (peísma)state of being stubborn
- ισχυρογνωμοσύνη (ischyrognomosýni)state of being stubborn
- γινάτι (gináti)state of being stubborn
Hindi हठधर्मिता, हठधर्म
- हठधर्मिता (haṭhdharmitā)state of being stubborn
- हठधर्म (haṭhdharm)state of being stubborn
- हठ (haṭh)state of being stubborn
Hungarian csökönyösség
- csökönyösségstate of being stubborn
Icelandic þrjóska
- þrjóskastate of being stubborn
Irish ceanndánacht
- ceanndánachtstate of being stubborn
Italian cocciutaggine, testardaggine
- cocciutagginestate of being stubborn
- testardagginestate of being stubborn
- ostinazionestate of being stubborn
Japanese 頑固
- 頑固 (ganko)state of being stubborn
Korean 완고
- 완고 (wan'go)state of being stubborn
Latin obstinātiō
- obstinātiōstate of being stubborn
Polish upór, upartość
- upórstate of being stubborn
- upartośćstate of being stubborn
Portuguese teimosia
- teimosiastate of being stubborn
Romanian încăpățânare
- încăpățânarestate of being stubborn
Russian упря́мство, упо́рство
- упря́мство (uprjámstvo)state of being stubborn
- упо́рство (upórstvo)state of being stubborn
- твердоло́бость (tverdolóbostʹ)state of being stubborn
- упёртость (upjórtostʹ)state of being stubborn
Slovak tvrdohlavosť
- tvrdohlavosťstate of being stubborn
Spanish testarudez, terquedad
- testarudezstate of being stubborn
- terquedadstate of being stubborn
- cerrazónstate of being stubborn
- cabezoneríastate of being stubborn
Tagalog kalig-inan, lig-in
- kalig-inanstate of being stubborn
- lig-instate of being stubborn
- baltikstate of being stubborn
Thai ความดื้อรั้น
- ความดื้อรั้นstate of being stubborn
Turkish inatçılık, inat
- inatçılıkstate of being stubborn
- inatstate of being stubborn
- ısrarstate of being stubborn
Ukrainian упе́ртість
- упе́ртість (upértistʹ)state of being stubborn
Urdu ضِد, اِصْرَار
- ضِد (zid)state of being stubborn
- اِصْرَار (isrār)state of being stubborn
Cite this entry
stubbornness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubbornness
“stubbornness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubbornness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stubbornness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubbornness.
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