1. Tenace. Des efforts opiniâtres.
2. Durable. Une constipation opiniâtre.
Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.
ETYM Latin obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob + durare to harden, durus hard. Related to Dure.
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.
3. Obstinate; hard-hearted.
Obstinate in one's opinions; SYN. opinionative, self-opinionated.
ETYM Old Eng. stoburn, stiborn; probably from as. styb a stub. Related to Stub.
1. Difficult to treat or deal with.
2. Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.