Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
stubborn
IPA transcription: [st'ʌbɚn]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Meaning:
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Usage examples
"'Pretty stubborn.'
Continuous and stubborn disregard
She really thought he was too stubborn.
"Oi'll not answer," was the stubborn return.
Mere dull, stubborn prejudice; bigotry, if you like.
A stubborn scholar must be corrected till he is subdued.
The opposition there, though showing signs of relenting, was still stubborn.
"The stubborn beast-flesh grows day by day back again." Then I came round to the Hyena-swine.
The larger the county-seat, the larger the non-church-going population and the more stubborn the fight.
For stubborn matter turned docile before the stress of this returning life, taught somewhere to be plastic.