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stubborn
refusing to change your mind, even when people think you are wrong or are being unreasonable:
• Dave can be really stubborn once he’s made up his mind. • a stubborn old man
obstinate
very stubborn, in way that is annoying and unreasonable:
• I have never met anyone so obstinate. • his obstinate refusal to compromise
pig-headed
informal refusing to change your mind, even when people think that what you want to do is stupid:
• I told her she was making a big mistake but she was too pig-headed to listen. • I wish you’d stop being so pig-headed!
headstrong
very determined to do what you want, often without thinking about the results of your actions – used especially about young people:
• As a girl, she had been lively and headstrong. • the headstrong impulsiveness of youth
wilful
British English ( also willful American English ) doing what you want, even after you have been told to stop, or when you know that it is wrong – used especially about children:
• He was a spoiled and wilful child, who always got his own way. • She was passionate and wilful – exactly the sort of creature a man ought to avoid.
ornery
American English behaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do:
• an ornery kid • Teenagers can be ornery and rude.
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