Hyphenation of obstinate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word obstinate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ob-sti-nate

Definitions of obstinate:

1.	Persist stubbornly He obstinates himself against all rational arguments
2.	Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
3.	Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
4.	Resistant to guidance or discipline Mary Mary quite contrary An obstinate child with a violent temper A perverse mood Wayward behavior

Synonyms of obstinate:

adj	cussed, obdurate, unrepentant, unregenerate, unregenerated
adj	contrary, perverse, wayward, disobedient
adj	stubborn, unregenerate, unreconstructed
verb	persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

Last hyphenations of this language

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