stubborn
/ˈstʌbən/
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American sound/ˈstʌbən/
stubborn
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stub - born -> stubborn
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၁။ (often derog ) (က) ခေါင်းမာသော။ အလျှော့မပေးသော။ be too stubborn to apologize ❍ She can be as stubborn as a mule (ie very stubborn). (ခ) ပြောရခက်သော။ ဇွတ်တရွတ် နိုင်သော။ ပေကတ်ကတ်နိုင်သော။ ခေါင်းမာ သော။ show stubborn resistance to change
❍ a stubborn refusal to be involved.
၂။ ကိုင်တွယ်ပြုပြင်ရ ခက်သော။ ကုသရခက်သော။ a stubborn cough that has lasted for weeks ❍ stubborn stains ❍ You'll have to push hard—that door is a little stubborn.
❏ stubbornly adv ဇွတ်။ He stubbornly refused to pay. stubbornness n [U]
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obstinate, immovable, inflexible, willful, mulish, bolshie, obdurate, intractable, adamant, balky, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, hardheaded, headstrong, inexorable, insubordinate, opinionated, ornery, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, stalwart, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough, unbending, unmanageable, unreasonable, unshakable, untoward, unyielding
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