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stubbornness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈstʌbɚn(n)əs/ (General-American)
• /ˈstʌbən(n)əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English stubborn Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English stubbornness From stubborn + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 190, column 1:
   • 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:

Forms

Synonyms

self-will · temerity · doggedness · tenacity · intransigence · vehemence · stubbornness · recalcitrance · conviction · insistence · obstinacy · pertinacity · pigheadedness · resolve

Translations (78)

tr ısrar (state of being stubborn) · ota عناد (state of being stubborn) · ka სიჯიუტე (state of being stubborn) · hu csökönyösség (state of being stubborn) · cmn 固執 /固执 (state of being stubborn) · fi itsepäisyys (state of being stubborn) · es cabezonería (state of being stubborn) · pl upór (state of being stubborn) · ur اِصْرَار (state of being stubborn) · ko 완고 (state of being stubborn) · el ισχυρογνωμοσύνη (state of being stubborn) · sk tvrdohlavosť (state of being stubborn) · fo treiskleiki (state of being stubborn) · it testardaggine (state of being stubborn) · sh tvrdòglavōst (state of being stubborn) · sl trmoglavost (state of being stubborn) · fr entêtement (state of being stubborn) · az inadkarlıq (state of being stubborn) · sl trma (state of being stubborn) · hi हठधर्म (state of being stubborn) · el πείσμα (state of being stubborn) · es terquedad (state of being stubborn) · hi हठधर्मिता (state of being stubborn) · ota اصرار (state of being stubborn) · ga ceanndánacht (state of being stubborn) · pl upartość (state of being stubborn) · ang ānwilnes (state of being stubborn) · cs tvrdohlavost (state of being stubborn) · ru упо́рство (state of being stubborn) · mk инает (state of being stubborn) · csb ùpartosc (state of being stubborn) · da stædighed (state of being stubborn) · fi jääräpäisyys (state of being stubborn) · fo treiskni (state of being stubborn) · bg ина́т (state of being stubborn) · th ความดื้อรั้น (state of being stubborn) · gl teimosía (state of being stubborn) · mk сво́еглавост (state of being stubborn) · el γινάτι (state of being stubborn) · hi हठ (state of being stubborn) · it cocciutaggine (state of being stubborn) · ota تمرد (state of being stubborn) · ru упёртость (state of being stubborn) · sh тврдо̀главо̄ст (state of being stubborn) · mk упорност (state of being stubborn) · ca tossuderia (state of being stubborn) · ja 頑固 (state of being stubborn) · is þrjóska (state of being stubborn) · tl lig-in (state of being stubborn) · it ostinazione (state of being stubborn) · ru упря́мство (state of being stubborn) · la obstinātiō (state of being stubborn) · be упа́ртасць (state of being stubborn) · mk инат (state of being stubborn) · ka შეუპოვრობა (state of being stubborn) · br pennegezh (state of being stubborn) · tl baltik (state of being stubborn) · tr inatçılık (state of being stubborn) · pt teimosia (state of being stubborn) · eo obstino (state of being stubborn) · es testarudez (state of being stubborn) · uk упе́ртість (state of being stubborn) · cmn 頑固 /顽固 (state of being stubborn) · ar عِنَاد (state of being stubborn) · bg упори́тост (state of being stubborn) · ur ضِد (state of being stubborn) · tl kalig-inan (state of being stubborn) · ru твердоло́бость (state of being stubborn) · nl halsstarrigheid (state of being stubborn) · tr inat (state of being stubborn) · es cerrazón (state of being stubborn) · sh upórnōst (state of being stubborn) · sh упо́рно̄ст (state of being stubborn) · mk твр́доглавост (state of being stubborn) · ro încăpățânare (state of being stubborn) · de Sturheit (state of being stubborn) · fo tvørskapur (state of being stubborn) · ca entercament (state of being stubborn)