Dictionary entry
Obstinate
Pronunciation: /ˈɒbstɪnət/
Pronunciation
/ˈɒbstɪnət/
Myanmar Meaning
(adj) ခေါင်းမာသော။
Definition
obstinate /'ɒbstÇnǝt/ adj ၁။ ( often derog ) ေခါင္းမာေသာ။ အေလွ်ာ့မေပးတတ္ေသာ။ The obstinate old man refused to go to hospital. ❍ He has an obstinate streak (ie Some of his behaviour is very obstinate). ၂။ ေပခံေနေသာ။ မေပ်ာက္ႏိုင္ေသာ။ obstinate resistance ❍ an obstinate rash on his face ❍ an obstinate stain on the carpet. ❏ obstinately adv ေခါင္းမာမာျဖင့္။ ကတ္တီးကတ္ဖဲ့။ ideas to which he obstinately clung ❍ He obstinately refused to help.
Examples
- I now see that my obstinate refusal caused problems for everyone.
- This soap will remove the most obstinate stains.
- Jenny stuck obstinately to her original plan.