stubbornness
UK/ˈstʌbən(n)əs//ˈstʌbɚn(n)əs/
stubbornness noun: the state of being stubborn.
Noun
stubbornness (countable and uncountable, plural stubbornnesses)
- The 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...
- 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 2017
- Synonyms:
- obstinacy, doggedness, conviction, insistence, pertinacity, self-will, recalcitrance, resolve, temerity, tenacity
stubbornness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
stubbornness in Hindi
- state of being stubborn
- हठधर्मिता haṭhdharmitā, हठधर्म haṭhdharm, हठ haṭh
stubbornness in Tamil
- ஒருபிடி, வைராக்கியம், கடும்பிடி, சண்டித்தனம், பிடிவாதம், தண்டுமிண்டு
stubbornness in Urdu
- state of being stubborn
- ضِد zid, اِصْرَار isrār
stubbornness in Bengali
- একগুঁয়েমি, জেদ
More languagesFewer languages
- stubbornness in Telugu
- మూర్ఖత్వము mūrkhatvamu, తలబిరుసు talabirusu
- stubbornness in Malayalam
- വീറ് vīṟŭ
- stubbornness in Kannada
- ಮೊಂಡ moṇḍa
- stubbornness in Sanskrit
- स्थिर sthira
- stubbornness in Pashto
- ځېل źel
- stubbornness in Tagalog
- kalig-inan, lig-in, baltik
- stubbornness in Arabic
- عِنَاد ʕinād
- stubbornness in Thai
- ความดื้อรั้น
Examples of stubbornness in a sentence
- I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.
- With some inconceivable pride, or rather stubbornness, as I wanted money, I refused.
- It takes time, dedication, curiosity, and a hint of stubbornness to get past the missteps and misclicks.
Synonyms of stubbornness
- obstinacy
- doggedness
- conviction
- insistence
- pertinacity
- self-will
- recalcitrance
- resolve
- temerity
- tenacity
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Forms of stubbornness
| plural | stubbornnesses |
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Origin of stubbornness
From stubborn + -ness.
Questions about stubbornness
- What does stubbornness mean?
- Stubbornness means the state of being stubborn.
- What is stubbornness in Hindi?
- Stubbornness in Hindi is हठधर्मिता (haṭhdharmitā), हठधर्म (haṭhdharm), हठ (haṭh). See Stubbornness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stubbornness?
- Stubbornness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stubbornness?
- Stubbornness is pronounced /ˈstʌbən(n)əs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stubbornness?
- The plural of stubbornness is stubbornnesses.
Words near stubbornness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stubbornness (page history and authors); stubbornness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stubbornness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తలబిరుసు (Telugu) (page history and authors); വീറ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಮೊಂಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors); स्थिर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ځېل (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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