obstinate
/ˈɒbstɪnət/
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American sound/ˈɒbstɪnət/
obstinate
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ob - sti - nate -> obstinate
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ခေါင်းမာသော။
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၁။ (often derog ) ခေါင်းမာသော။ အလျှော့မပေးတတ်သော။ The obstinate old man refused to go to hospital. ❍ He has an obstinate streak (ie Some of his behaviour is very obstinate).
၂။ ပေခံနေသော။ မပျောက်နိုင်သော။ obstinate resistance ❍ an obstinate rash on his face ❍ an obstinate stain on the carpet.
❏ obstinately adv ခေါင်းမာမာဖြင့်။ ကတ်တီးကတ်ဖဲ့။ ideas to which he obstinately clung ❍ He obstinately refused to help.
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stubborn, determined, fixed, pigheaded, inflexible, adamant, unmoved, persistent, tenacious, mulish, headstrong, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, dead set on, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, heady, immovable, indomitable, intractable, intransigent, locked in, obdurate, opinionated, opinionative, pertinacious, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, self-willed, steadfast, strong-minded, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful, wrong-headed
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