obstinate

obstinate

1. itsepäinen, uppiniskainen, jääräpäinen

Liittyvät sanat: unyielding

Synonyymisanakirja

obstinate

tottelematon, vastahakoinen, jääräpäinen, uppiniskainen, kuriton, jästipäinen, paatunut, kirottu, katumaton, itsepäinen.

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obstinate rimmaa näiden kanssa:

painate, taidepainate, kivipainate, offsetpainate...

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Englannin sanakirja

obstinate (englanti > suomi)

1. jääräpäinen, (colloquial) jästipäinen

2. sitkeä

obstinate englanniksi

1. stubborn Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.

2. 1686, w:Michel de Montaigne|Montaigne, translated by w:Charles Cotton|Charles Cotton, "That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended",

From this consideration it is that we have derived the custom, in times of war, to punish (..) those who are obstinate to defend a place that by the rules of war is not tenable (..)

3. Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.

4. 1927, w:Gandhi Gandhi, translated by w:Mahadev Desai|Mahadev Desai, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Part IV, s:The Story of My Experiments with Truth/Part IV/Domestic Satyagraha|Chapter XXIX,

Now it happened that Kasturbai (..) had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate.

5. (inflection of)

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