adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stubborn stain (= one that is hard to remove )
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Lighter fuel can be used to remove more stubborn stains.
a stubborn/obstinate refusal (= a refusal even when others think this is unreasonable )
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Her stubborn refusal to admit the truth was trying his patience.
stubborn resistance
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The stubborn resistance of the people remains an inspiring example.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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And Clare's just as stubborn and just as silly.
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Each wore a frown as stubborn as the other's.
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This can be a helpful approach in discussion - some one may regard you as stubborn , whereas you see yourself as determined.
most
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You are the most stubborn , irritating child I have ever come across!
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These appear to be the most stubborn obstacles to our believing that the inscription reproduces essentially the words of Themistokles.
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Those last few pounds can prove the most stubborn , but the F-Plan will help.
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He was at his most stubborn , and gave the predictable answers to the obvious questions.
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He frowned. ` Steve Waugh's the most stubborn batsman in world cricket.
so
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Why the devil was she so stubborn ?
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It amazed me, to tell you the truth, that you could be so stubborn .
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Edward, why is your country so resistant, why are you so stubborn ?
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He's an old donkey, so stubborn .
very
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He can be very stubborn at times.
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Only a very stubborn man could have believed that reason would prevail in a case such as this one.
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He can be very stubborn about his principles.
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In this way she seems to be a very stubborn character.
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He was so very stubborn and single-minded when he went after something he wanted.
■ NOUN
determination
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As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.
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There was no cheering on the part of the men, but a stubborn determination to obey orders and do their duty.
refusal
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Perhaps it was her stubborn refusal to see her family broken up that made Mrs Breen appealing to Farnham.
resistance
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However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance , and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.
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What accounted for this stubborn resistance of nationalities to the predicted assimilation?
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After two-and-a-half years of stubborn resistance , the Republic collapsed rapidly during the first three months of 1939.
streak
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Luckily, I had that stubborn streak to give me the determination to do it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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stubborn weeds
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a stubborn old man
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Despite stubborn opposition, the President managed to raise interest rates.
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I've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I couldn't bear people telling me what I could and couldn't eat.
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I told him it was a bad idea, but Dave's so stubborn that he just never listens.
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Jean-Paul can be as a stubborn as a mule.
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The oil companies face stubborn resistance from environmentalists.
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We need to do something about Craig, but he's so stubborn I just know he wouldn't listen if we tried to talk to him.
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Your father is so stubborn - he won't listen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A man of great personal charm, he was yet stubborn and pugnacious towards those with whom he disagreed.
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Can't you get that into your stubborn skull, Mr Hebden?
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I was stubborn , so was she.
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If the nearer accepts it she is branded as a liar at worst and as stubborn at best.
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She was a stubborn , loyal Aries, the best kind of friend to have.
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She was behaving like an ostrich about Old Red - and a stubborn ostrich at that!
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Tax policy would be ruled by stubborn one-third minorities, many among them cruising for policy payoffs to drop their opposition.
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To their left was the long forbidding wood with its tangle of trees and stubborn defenders.