Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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obstinate | No | Yes | Yes | No |
contrary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
obstinate (noun) | contrary (noun) |
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exact opposition | |
a relation of direct opposition | |
a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false |
obstinate (adjective) | contrary (adjective) |
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tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield | of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false |
resistant to guidance or discipline | very opposed in nature or character or purpose |
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing | resistant to guidance or discipline |
in an opposing direction |
obstinate (verb) | contrary (verb) |
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persist stubbornly |