Definitions for stubborn

stubborn stub·born

Spelling: [stuhb-ern]
IPA: /ˈstʌb ərn/

Stubborn is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in stubborn (bbnorstu).

Definitions for stubborn

adjective

  1. unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving:
  2. fixed or set in purpose or opinion; resolute:
  3. obstinately maintained, as a course of action:
  4. difficult to manage or suppress:
  5. hard, tough, or stiff, as stone or wood; difficult to shape or work.

Origin of stubborn

1350-1400; Middle English stiborn(e), styborne, stuborn

Examples for stubborn

His stubborn efforts to fulfill his dream have yet to pay off, but he carefully lists all the near misses.

You cannot conceive in your mind how stubborn and brainless they are.

And yet, when all has been said, we are confronted with a mournful but stubborn fact.

Some would call him stubborn for holding out on payoffs from the oil companies.

The instructions become a tad irritating, especially for more independent or stubborn members of the audience.

Will you go down, and humble that stubborn spirit of yours to your mamma?

“I was always defiant and stubborn in everything I did,” he said late in life.

It is undoubtedly better to deceive him entirely, and since he will be stubborn he must be tricked.

Most importantly, the biggest issue facing the country is our stubborn, stagnant unemployment.

There was no least relaxation in the stubborn lines of his face.

Word Value for stubborn
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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