B1adjective · rare

stubborn

stub·born

stubborn · more stubborn · most stubborn

впертий

упрямый, упорный, настойчивый, неуступчивый

stur, dickköpfig

Refusing to move or to change one's opinionRefusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.

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UK/ˈstʌbən/US/ˈstʌbɚn/

» Mary is too stubborn to apologize.

Мария слишком упрямая для того, чтобы извиниться.

Марія занадто вперта для того, щоб вибачитися.

Meaning

2 senses

Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
People are pretty stubborn about their political beliefs, so why bother arguing?
Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly.
stur, dickköpfig
упо́рныйupórnyj, упря́мыйuprjámyj, упёртыйupjórtyj
впе́ртийvpértyj
Physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

More definitions

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
not responding to treatment

Examples

368 sentences

Mary is too stubborn to apologize.
Марія занадто вперта для того, щоб вибачитися.
ruМария слишком упрямая для того, чтобы извиниться.
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Tom isn't stubborn like you are.
Том не такий упертий, як ти.
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Tom isn't as stubborn as Mary.
Том не такий упертий, як Мері.
deTom ist nicht so stur wie Maria.
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Tom is as stubborn as a mule.
Том впертий як віслюк.
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I don't think Tom will be stubborn.
Не думаю, що Том упиратиметься.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

refusing to move or change one's opinion:

Русский

By meaning 1

refusing to move or change one's opinion:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

refusing to move or change one's opinion:

Origin

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertai

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).

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